3.
The Spirit of sonship replacing the custody of the law
4:1-7
Gal. 4
:1
4:1
But I say, As long as the
aheir is a
1child, he does not differ at all from a
bslave, though he is lord of all;
Gal. 4
:2
4:2
But he is
aunder 1bguardians and
cstewards until the
2dtime appointed by the father.
Gal. 4
:3
4:3
So also we, when we were children, were kept in
aslavery under the
1belements of the world;
Gal. 4
:4
4:4
But when the
1fullness of the
atime came, God
bsent forth His
cSon, born of a
2dwoman, born under
3elaw,
Gal. 4
:5
4:5
That He might
1aredeem those under law that we might receive the
2bsonship.
Gal. 4
:6
4:6
And because you are
asons, God has
bsent forth the
1cSpirit of His Son into our
2hearts,
3crying,
4dAbba, Father!
Gal. 4
:7
4:7
So then you are
1no longer a
aslave but a son; and if a
2son, an
3bheir also
4through God.
4.
Christ needing to be formed in the heirs of promise
4:8-20
Gal. 4
:8
4:8
However at that time,
anot knowing God, you were
bslaves to the
cgods which by
1nature are not
gods;
Gal. 4
:9
4:9
But now, having come to
aknow God, or rather having been
bknown by God, how is it that you turn again to the
cweak and poor
delements, to which you desire to
1be eenslaved yet again?
Gal. 4
:10
4:10
You observe
1adays and
2months and
3seasons and
4years;
Gal. 4
:11
4:11
I fear for you,
alest I have labored upon you in
1vain.
Gal. 4
:12
4:12
Become 1as I am, because I also am
2as you are, brothers, I beseech you; you have not wronged me at all.
Gal. 4
:13
4:13
And you know that
1because of weakness of my flesh I
aannounced the gospel to you the first time.
Gal. 4
:14
4:14
And that which was a trial to you in my flesh you did not despise nor
1loathe, but you
areceived me as an
bangel of God,
indeed as Christ Jesus.
Gal. 4
:15
4:15
Where then is
1your felicitation? For I testify concerning you that if possible you would have plucked out your
2eyes and given
them to me.
Gal. 4
:16
4:16
So then have I become your enemy by presenting the
atruth to you?
Gal. 4
:17
4:17
They are
1azealous of you,
but 2not rightly; but they desire to
3shut you out that you may be
4zealous of them.
Gal. 4
:18
4:18
But it is always good to be zealous in a good thing, and
1not only
awhen I am present with you.
Gal. 4
:19
4:19
My 1achildren, with whom I
2btravail again in birth until
3cChrist is
4formed din you,
Gal. 4
:20
4:20
Indeed, I wish I could be present with you now and
1change my
2tone because I am
3perplexed about you.
5.
The children born according to the Spirit versus the children born according to the flesh
4:21-31
Gal. 4
:21
4:21
1Tell me, you who desire to be
2aunder the law, do you not hear the
3law?
Gal. 4
:22
4:22
For it is written that Abraham had two sons,
aone of the
bmaidservant and
cone of the
dfree woman.
Gal. 4
:23
4:23
However the one of the maidservant was born according to the
aflesh, but the one of the free woman
was born 1through bpromise.
Gal. 4
:24
4:24
These things are spoken allegorically, for
1these women are
2two acovenants, one from
3bMount Sinai, bringing forth
children unto
4cslavery, which is
5dHagar.
Gal. 4
:25
4:25
Now this Hagar is Sinai the mountain in
aArabia and corresponds to the
1bJerusalem which now is, for she
2is in
3cslavery with her children.
Gal. 4
:26
4:26
But the
1aJerusalem above is free, which is our mother;
Gal. 4
:27
4:27
For it is written,
a"Rejoice, barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not travailing, because
1many are the children of her who is
2desolate rather than of her who has her husband.''
Gal. 4
:28
4:28
But you, brothers, in the way
aIsaac was, are
1children of
bpromise.
Gal. 4
:29
4:29
But just as at that time he who was born
1according to the
aflesh 2bpersecuted him
who was born according to the
3cSpirit,
dso 4also it is now.
Gal. 4
:30
4:30
But what does the Scripture say?
a"Cast out the
bmaidservant and her son, for the
1son of the maidservant shall by
cno means inherit with the
2son of the
dfree woman.''
Gal. 4
:31
4:31
So then, brothers, we are
1not children of the maidservant but
aof the free woman.
