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Sonship in Christ

1 Now° I say°, as long° as the heir° is a Ichild°, he does not differ° at all° from a slave° although he is IIowner° of everything°, 2 but he is under° guardians° and Imanagers° until° the date° set° by the father°. 3 So° also° we, while° we were children°, were held° ain bondage° under° the Ibelemental° things° of the world°. 4 But when° athe fullness° of the time° came°, God° sent° forth° His Son°, bborn° of a woman°, born° cunder° Ithe Law°, 5 so° that He might redeem° those° who were under° Ithe Law°, that we might receive° the adoption° as asons°. 6 Because° you are sons°, aGod° has sent° forth° the Spirit° of His Son° into our hearts°, crying°, “bAbba°! Father°!” 7 Therefore° you are no° longer° a slave°, but a son°; and aif° a son°, then° an heir° Ithrough° God°.

[1] IOr minor IILit lord
[2] IOr stewards
[3] IOr rudimentary teachings or principles aGa 2:4; 4:8f, 24f bGa 4:9; Col 2:8, 20; He 5:12
[4] IOr law aMk 1:15 bJn 1:14; Ro 1:3; 8:3; Php 2:7 cLk 2:21f, 27
[5] IOr law aRo 8:14; Ga 3:26
[6] aAc 16:7; Ro 5:5; 8:9, 16; 2Co 3:17 bMk 14:36; Ro 8:15
[7] II.e. through the gracious act of aRo 8:17

8 ¶ However° at that time°, awhen you did not know° God°, you were bslaves° to cthose° which by nature° are no° gods°. 9 But now° that you have come to know° God°, or° rather° to be aknown° by God°, bhow° is it that you turn° back° again° to the weak° and worthless° Icelemental° things°, to which° you desire° to be enslaved° all° over° again°? 10 You aobserve° days° and months° and seasons° and years°. 11 I fear° for you, that perhaps° I have labored° Iover° you in vain°.

[8] a1Co 1:21; Ep 2:12; 1Th 4:5; 2Th 1:8 bGa 4:3 c2Ch 13:9; Is 37:19; Jr 2:11; 1Co 8:4f; 10:20
[9] IOr rudimentary teachings or principles a1Co 8:3 bCol 2:20 cGa 4:3
[10] aRo 14:5; Col 2:16
[11] IOr for

12 ¶ I beg° of you, abrethren°, bbecome° as I [am], for I also° [have become] as you [are]. You have done° me no° wrong°; 13 but you know° that it was because° of a Ibodily° illness° that I preached° the gospel° to you the IIfirst° time°; 14 and that which° was a Itrial° to you in my IIbodily° condition° you did not despise° or° IIIloathe°, but ayou received° me as an angel° of God°, as bChrist° Jesus° [Himself]. 15 Where° then° is Ithat sense° of blessing° you had? For I bear° you witness° that, if° possible°, you would have plucked° out your eyes° and given° them to me. 16 So° have I become° your enemy° aby Itelling° you the truth°? 17 They eagerly° seek° you, not commendably°, but they wish° to shut° you out so° that you will seek° them. 18 But it is good° always° to be eagerly° sought° in a commendable° Imanner°, and anot only° when° I am° present° with you. 19 aMy children°, with whom° bI am° again° in labor° until° cChrist° is formed° in you— 20 but I could wish° to be present° with you now° and to change° my tone°, for aI am° perplexed° about° you.

[12] aGa 6:18 b2Co 6:11, 13
[13] ILit weakness of the flesh IIOr former
[14] IOr temptation IILit flesh IIILit spit out at aMt 10:40; 1Th 2:13 bGa 3:26
[15] ILit the congratulation of yourselves
[16] IOr dealing truthfully with you aAm 5:10
[18] IOr thing aGa 4:13f
[19] a1 Jn 2:1 b1Co 4:15 cEp 4:13
[20] a2Co 4:8

Bond and Free

21 ¶ Tell° me, you who want° to be under° law°, do you not alisten° to the law°? 22 For it is written° that Abraham° had° two° sons°, aone° by the bondwoman° and bone° by the free° woman°. 23 But athe son by the bondwoman° Iwas born° according° to the flesh°, and bthe son by the free° woman° through° the promise°. 24 IaThis° is allegorically° speaking°, for these° [women] are two° covenants°: one° [proceeding] from bMount° Sinai° bearing° children° IIwho are to be cslaves°; IIIshe is Hagar°. 25 Now° this° Hagar° is Mount° Sinai° in Arabia° and corresponds° to the present° Jerusalem°, for she is in slavery° with her children°. 26 But athe Jerusalem° above° is free°; Ishe is our mother°. 27 For it is written°,
  “aREJOICE°, BARREN° WOMAN° WHO DOES NOT BEAR°;
  BREAK° FORTH° AND SHOUT°, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR°;
  FOR MORE° NUMEROUS° ARE THE CHILDREN° OF THE DESOLATE°
  THAN° OF THE ONE WHO HAS° A HUSBAND°.”
28 And you brethren°, alike° Isaac°, are bchildren° of promise°. 29 But as at that time° ahe who was born° according° to the flesh° bpersecuted° him [who was born] according° to the Spirit°, cso° it is now° also°. 30 But what° does the Scripture° say°?
  “aCAST° OUT THE BONDWOMAN° AND HER SON°,
  FOR bTHE SON° OF THE BONDWOMAN° SHALL NOT BE AN HEIR° WITH THE SON° OF THE FREE° WOMAN°.”
31 So° then°, brethren°, we are not children° of a bondwoman°, Ibut of the free° woman°.

[21] aLk 16:29
[22] aGn 16:15 bGn 21:2
[23] ILit has been born aRo 9:7; Ga 4:29 bGn 17:16ff; 18:10ff; 21:1; Ga 4:28; He 11:11
[24] ILit Which IILit into slavery IIILit which a1Co 10:11 bDt 33:2 cGa 4:3
[26] ILit which aHe 12:22; Rv 3:12; 21:2, 10
[27] aIs 54:1
[28] aGa 4:23 bRo 9:7ff; Ga 3:29
[29] aGa 4:23 bGn 21:9 cGa 5:11
[30] aGn 21:10, 12 bJn 8:35
[31] IV 5:1, note 1


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We were under the Law till Christ came, as the heir is under his guardian till he be of age.

1 ¶ Nowº I say,ºª [That] the² heir,º as long asº¹¹ he² isºª a child,º differethºª nothingº from a servant,º though he beºª lordº of all;º 2 Butº isºª underº tutorsº andº governorsº untilº the² time appointedº of the² father.º 3 Evenº soº we,º whenº we wereºª children,º wereºª in bondageºª underº the² elementsº of the² world:º 4 Butº whenº the² fulnessº of the² timeº was come,ºª Godº sent forthºª his¹² Son,º madeºª ofº a woman,º madeºª underº the law,º

[1] Gn 24:2; 2K 10:1; 11:12; 12:2; Ga 4:23, 29.
[3] Mt 11:28; Jn 8:31; Ac 15:10; Ro 8:15; Ga 2:4; 3:19, 23, 24; 4:9, 25, 31; 5:1; Col 2:8, 20; He 7:16.
[4] Gn 3:15; 49:10; Is 7:14; 9:6; 48:16; Jr 31:22; Dn 9:24; Mi 5:2, 3; Zc 2:8; 6:12; Mal 3:1; Mt 1:23; 3:15; 5:17; Mk 1:15; Lk 1:31, 35; 2:7, 10, 21; Jn 1:14; 3:16; 6:38; 8:42; 10:36; Ac 1:7; Ro 1:3; 9:5; 15:8; Ep 1:10; Php 2:6; Col 2:14; 1Ti 3:16; He 2:14; 9:10; 10:5; 1Jn 4:2, 9, 14.

But Christ freed us from the Law:

5 Toº redeemºª them² that were underº the law,º thatº we might receiveºª the² adoption of sons.º 6 Andº becauseº ye areºª sons,º Godº hath sent forthºª the² Spiritº of his¹² Sonº intoº yourº hearts,º crying,ºª Abba,º Father.º

[5] Mt 20:28; Lk 1:68; Jn 1:12; Ac 20:28; Ro 8:19, 23; 9:4; Ga 3:13, 26; 4:7, 21; Ep 1:5, 7; 5:2; Col 1:13; Tit 2:14; He 1:3; 9:12, 15; 1P 1:18; 3:18; Rv 5:9; 14:3.
[6] Is 44:3; Jr 3:4, 19; Mt 6:6; Lk 11:2, 13; Jn 3:34; 7:39; 14:16; 15:26; 16:7; Ro 5:5; 8:9, 15, 26; 1Co 15:45; 2Co 1:22; Ep 1:13; 2:18; 4:30; 6:18; Php 1:19; He 4:14; 1P 1:11; Jde 1:20; Rv 19:10.

therefore we are servants no longer to it.

7 Whereforeº thou artºª no moreº a servant,º butº a son;º andº ifº a son,º thenº an heirº of Godº throughº Christ.º 8 Howbeitº then,º¹ when² ye knewºª notº God,º ye did serviceºª unto them which by natureº areºª noº gods.º 9 Butº now,º after that ye have knownºª God,º orº ratherº are knownºª ofº God,º howº turn² ye¹ª againº toº the² weakº andº beggarlyº elements,º whereuntoº ye² desireºª againº¹ to be in bondage?ºª 10 Ye observeºª days,º andº months,º andº times,º andº years.º 11 I am afraidºª of you,º lestº¹ I have bestowed¹ª upon¹ you¹ labourºª²² in vain.º 12 Brethren,º I beseechºª you,º beºª asº Iº [am]; forº Iº [am] asº yeº [are]: ye have not injured¹ª me¹ at all.º²² 13 ¹ Ye² knowºª howº throughº infirmityº of the² fleshº I preached the gospelºª unto youº at the first.º

[7] Gn 15:1; 17:7; Ps 16:5; 73:26; Jr 10:16; 31:33; 32:38; Lm 3:24; Ro 8:16; 1Co 3:21; 2Co 6:16; Ga 3:26, 29; 4:1, 5, 31; 5:1; Rv 21:7.
[8] Ex 5:2; Jsh 24:2, 15; Ps 115:4; 135:15; Is 44:9; Jr 10:3, 25; Jn 1:10; Ac 14:12; 17:23, 29, 30; Ro 1:23, 28; 1Co 1:21; 8:4; 10:19; 12:2; Ep 2:11; 4:18; 1Th 1:9; 4:5; 2Th 1:8; 1P 4:3; 1Jn 3:1.
[9] Ex 33:17; 1K 8:43; 1Ch 28:9; Ps 1:6; 9:10; Pv 2:5; Jr 31:34; Hab 2:14; Mt 11:27; Jn 10:14, 27; 17:3; Ro 8:3, 29; 1Co 8:3; 13:12; 15:34; 2Co 4:6; Ga 3:3; 4:3; Ep 1:17; Col 2:20; 2Ti 2:19; He 7:18; 10:38; 2P 2:20; 1Jn 2:3; 5:20.
[10] Lv 23:1; 25:1, 13; Nu 28:1; Ro 14:5; Col 2:16.
[11] Is 49:4; Ac 16:6; 1Co 15:58; 2Co 11:2; 12:20; Ga 2:2; 4:20; 5:2; Php 2:16; 1Th 3:5; 2Jn 1:8.
[12] Gn 34:15; 1K 22:4; Ac 21:21; 1Co 9:20; 2Co 2:5; Ga 2:14; 6:14; Php 3:7.
[13] Ac 16:6; 1Co 2:3; 2Co 10:10; 11:6, 30; 12:7; 13:4; Ga 1:6.

He remembereth their good will to him, and his to them,

14 Andº myº temptationº which² was inº myº fleshº ye despisedºª not,º norº rejected;ºª butº receivedºª meº asº an angelº of God,º [even] asº Christº Jesus.º 15 Whereº isºª thenº the² blessedness¹² yeº spake of? forº I bear¹ª you¹ record,ºª² that,º ifº [it had been] possible,º ye would have plucked outºª² your¹ own² eyes,º and have given² them¹¹ª to me.º 16 Am I¹ª thereforeº becomeºª yourº enemy,º because I tell¹ª you¹ the truth?ºª² 17 They zealously affectºª you,º [but] notº well;º yea,º they wouldºª excludeºª you,º thatº ye might affectºª them.º 18 Butº [it is] goodº to be zealously affectedºª alwaysº inº [a] goodº [thing], andº notº onlyº when¹ Iº am presentºª withº you.º 19 Myº little children,º of whomº I travail in birthºª againº untilº¹ Christº be formedºª inº you,º 20 ¹ I² desireºª to be presentºª withº youº now,º andº to changeºª myº voice;º forº I stand in doubtºª ofº you.º 21 Tellºª me,º ye that desireºª to beºª underº the law,º do ye¹ª notº hearºª the² law?º

[14] 2S 14:17; 19:27; Jb 12:5; Ps 119:141; Ec 9:16; Is 53:2; Zc 12:8; Mal 2:7; Mt 10:40; 18:5; 25:40; Lk 10:16; Jn 13:20; 1Co 1:28; 4:10; 2Co 5:20; Ga 4:13; 1Th 2:13; 4:8; He 13:2.
[15] Lk 8:13; Ro 4:6; 5:2; 9:3; 10:2; 15:13; 2Co 8:3; Ga 3:14; 4:19; 5:22; 6:4; Col 4:13; 1Th 2:8; 5:13; 1Jn 3:16.
[16] 1K 18:17; 21:20; 22:8, 27; 2Ch 24:20; 25:16; Ps 141:5; Pv 9:8; Jn 7:7; 8:45; Ga 2:5, 14; 3:1; 5:7.
[17] Mt 23:15; Ro 10:2; 16:18; 1Co 4:8, 18; 11:2; 2Co 11:3, 13; Ga 6:12; Php 2:21; 2P 2:3, 18.
[18] Nu 25:11; Ps 69:9; 119:139; Is 59:17; Jn 2:17; 1Co 15:58; Ga 4:20; Php 1:27; 2:12; Tit 2:14; Rv 3:19.
[19] Nu 11:11; Is 53:11; Lk 22:44; Ro 8:29; 13:14; 1Co 4:14; Ep 4:24; Php 1:8; 2:5, 17; Col 1:27; 2:1; 3:10; 4:12; 1Ti 1:2; Tit 1:4; Phm 1:10, 19; He 5:7; Jm 1:18; 1Jn 2:1, 12; 5:21; Rv 12:1.
[20] 1Co 4:19; Ga 4:11; 1Th 2:17; 3:9.
[21] Mt 21:42; 22:29; Jn 5:46; 10:34; 12:34; 15:25; Ro 3:19; 6:14; 7:5; 9:30; 10:3; Ga 3:10, 23; 4:9.

and sheweth that we are the sons of Abraham by the freewoman.

22 Forº it is written,ºª thatº Abrahamº hadºª twoº sons,º the oneº byº a bondmaid,º¹ the² otherº byº a freewoman.º 23 Butº heº² [who was] ofº the² bondwomanº was bornºª afterº the flesh;º butº he² ofº the² freewomanº [was] byº promise.º 24 Which thingsº areºª an allegory:ºª forº theseº areºª the² twoº covenants;º the oneºº fromº the mountº Sinai,º which genderethºª toº bondage,º whichº isºª Agar.º 25 Forº this Agarº isºª mountº Sinaiº inº Arabia,º andº answereth¹ª to² Jerusalemº which¹ now² is,¹ andº is in bondageºª withº her¹² children.º 26 Butº Jerusalemº which is aboveº isºª free,º whichº isºª the motherº of usº all.º 27 Forº it is written,ºª Rejoice,ºª [thou] barrenº that bearestºª not;º break forthºª andº cry,ºª thou that travailestºª not:º forº the² desolateº hath² many² more¹² childrenº thanº¹ she which hathºª an husband.º 28 Nowº we,º brethren,º asºª Isaacº was,¹ areºª the childrenº of promise.º 29 Butº asº thenº he that was bornºª afterº the fleshº persecutedºª him² [that was born] afterº the Spirit,º evenº soº [it is] now.º 30 Neverthelessº whatº saithºª the² scripture?º Cast outºª the² bondwomanº andº herº son:º forº the² sonº of the² bondwomanº shall¹ª notº be heirºª with¹² the² sonº of the² freewoman.º 31 So then,º brethren,º we areºª notº childrenº of the bondwoman,º butº of the² free.º

[22] Gn 16:2, 15; 21:1, 10.
[23] Gn 17:15; 18:10; 21:1; Ro 4:18; 9:7; 10:8; He 11:11.
[24] Gn 16:3, 8, 15; 21:9; 25:12; Ezk 20:49; Ho 11:10; Mt 13:35; Lk 22:19; Ro 8:15; 1Co 10:4, 11; Ga 3:15; 4:25; 5:1; He 7:22; 8:6; 9:15; 10:15; 11:19; 12:24; 13:20.
[25] Dt 33:2; Jg 5:5; Ps 68:8, 17; Mt 23:37; Lk 13:34; 19:44; Ac 1:11; Ga 1:17; 4:24; He 12:18.
[26] Ps 87:3; So 8:1; Is 2:2; 50:1; 52:9; 62:1; 65:18; 66:10; Ho 2:2, 5; 4:5; Jol 3:17; Mi 4:1; Jn 8:36; Ro 6:14, 18; Ga 4:22; 5:1; Php 3:20; He 12:22; 1P 2:16; Rv 3:12; 17:5; 21:2, 10.
[27] Ru 1:11; 4:14; 1S 2:5; 2S 13:20; Ps 113:9; Is 49:21; 54:1; 1Ti 5:5.
[28] Ac 3:25; Ro 4:13; 9:8; Ga 3:29; 4:23.
[29] Gn 21:9; Mt 23:34; Jn 3:5; 15:9; Ro 8:1, 13; Ga 5:11; 6:12; 1Th 2:14; He 10:33.
[30] Gn 21:10; Jn 8:35; Ro 4:3; 8:15; 11:2, 7; Ga 3:8, 22; Jm 4:5.
[31] Jn 1:12; 8:36; Ga 5:1, 13; He 2:14; 1Jn 3:1.


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