Sons and Heirs 1 RV But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; BSB BSB: What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
2 RV but is under guardians and stewards until the term appointed of the father. BSB BSB: He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
3 RV So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: BSB BSB: So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
5 RV that he might redeem them which were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. BSB BSB: to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
6 RV And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. BSB BSB: And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
7 RV So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. BSB BSB: So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians 8 RV Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them which by nature are no gods: BSB BSB: Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 RV but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known of God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again? BSB BSB: But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
10 RV Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years. BSB BSB: You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
11 RV I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labour upon you in vain. BSB BSB: I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
12 RV I beseech you, brethren, be as I am , for I am as ye are . Ye did me no wrong: BSB BSB: I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
13 RV but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time: BSB BSB: You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
14 RV and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. BSB BSB: And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
15 RV Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. BSB BSB: What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
16 RV So then am I become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? BSB BSB: Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 RV They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them. BSB BSB: Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
18 RV But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
19 RV My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you, BSB BSB: My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
20 RV yea, I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed about you. BSB BSB: how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
Hagar and Sarah (Genesis 21:9–21)
21 RV Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? BSB BSB: Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
22 RV For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. BSB BSB: For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
23 RV Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise. BSB BSB: His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
24 RV Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar. BSB BSB: These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
25 RV Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children. BSB BSB: Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
26 RV But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother. BSB BSB: But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
27 RV For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her which hath the husband. BSB BSB: For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
28 RV Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. BSB BSB: Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
29 RV But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. BSB BSB: At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
30 RV Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman. BSB BSB: But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
31 RV Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. BSB BSB: Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
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