1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

1 ¶ But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;

2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

2 but is under guardians and stewards until the term appointed of the father.

3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

4 but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

5 that he might redeem them which were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6 And because ye are sons, God

B ⟨he⟩

hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your

ℵBA ⟨our⟩

hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ

ℵBA ⟨through God⟩

.

7 So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

8 ¶ Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them which by nature are no gods:

9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

9 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?

10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

10 Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.

11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

11 I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labour upon you in vain.

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

12 ¶ I beseech you, brethren, be as I am, for I am as ye are.

13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

13 Ye did me no wrong: but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:

14 And my temptation which was

ℵBA ⟨your temptation⟩

in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

14 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.

15 Where is

ℵBA ⟨is⟩

then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

15 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.

16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

16 So then am I become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

17 They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

18 But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

19 My little

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children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you, yea,

20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

20 I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed about you.

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

21 ¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

23 Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise.

24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the

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two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

24 Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai

BA ⟨But this Agar is mount Sinai⟩; ℵ ⟨For Sinai is a mountain, being⟩

in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and

ℵBA ⟨for she⟩

is in bondage with her children.

25 Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.

26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all

ℵB ⟨our mother⟩

.

26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

27 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.

28 Now we

B ⟨you⟩

, brethren, as Isaac was

B ⟨was⟩

, are the children of promise.

28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the

A ⟨this⟩

bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

30 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.

31 So then

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, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.