Verse 22
Galatians 4:22
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
Original Language Text
greek
γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν, ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας·
English Translation
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the freewoman.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is...
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but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.
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So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
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but when the fullness of the time came, God (Elohim) sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under...
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that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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And because ye are sons, God (Elohim) sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abb...
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So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God (Elohim) thro...
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Howbeit at that time, not knowing God (Elohim), ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no god...
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but now that ye have come to know God (Elohim), or rather to be known by God (Elohim), how turn ye b...
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Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.
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I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
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I beseech you, brethren, become as I am, for I also am become as ye are. Ye did me no wrong:
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but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:
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and my trial that was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of G...
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What then was the gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would hav...
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So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
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They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut us out, that ye may seek them.
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But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present...
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My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—
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but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
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Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
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Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born throug...
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Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing c...
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For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: and she is in bo...
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But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest...
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Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
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But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so also...
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Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid sha...
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So then, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.
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