Galatians 4:23,29
Galatians 4:21-31 The Message (MSG)
Tell me now, you who have become so enamored with the law: Have you paid close attention to that law? Abraham, remember, had two sons: one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. The son of the slave woman was born by human plotting; the son of the free woman was born by God’s promise. This illustrates the very thing we are dealing with now. The two births represent two ways of being in relationship with God. One is from Mount Sinai in Arabia. It corresponds with what is now going on in Jerusalem—a slave life, producing slaves as offspring. This is the way of Hagar. In contrast to that, there is an invisible Jerusalem, a free Jerusalem, and she is our mother—this is the way of Sarah. Remember what Isaiah wrote: Rejoice, barren woman who bears no children, shout and cry out, woman who has no birth pangs, Because the children of the barren woman now surpass the children of the chosen woman. Isn’t it clear, friends, that you, like Isaac, are children of promise? In the days of Hagar and Sarah, the child who came from faithless plotting (Ishmael) harassed the child who came—empowered by the Spirit—from the faithful promise (Isaac). Isn’t it clear that the harassment you are now experiencing from the Jerusalem heretics follows that old pattern? There is a Scripture that tells us what to do: “Expel the slave mother with her son, for the slave son will not inherit with the free son.” Isn’t that conclusive? We are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Galatians 4:21-31 The Message (MSG)
Tell me now, you who have become so enamored with the law: Have you paid close attention to that law? Abraham, remember, had two sons: one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. The son of the slave woman was born by human plotting; the son of the free woman was born by God’s promise. This illustrates the very thing we are dealing with now. The two births represent two ways of being in relationship with God. One is from Mount Sinai in Arabia. It corresponds with what is now going on in Jerusalem—a slave life, producing slaves as offspring. This is the way of Hagar. In contrast to that, there is an invisible Jerusalem, a free Jerusalem, and she is our mother—this is the way of Sarah. Remember what Isaiah wrote: Rejoice, barren woman who bears no children, shout and cry out, woman who has no birth pangs, Because the children of the barren woman now surpass the children of the chosen woman. Isn’t it clear, friends, that you, like Isaac, are children of promise? In the days of Hagar and Sarah, the child who came from faithless plotting (Ishmael) harassed the child who came—empowered by the Spirit—from the faithful promise (Isaac). Isn’t it clear that the harassment you are now experiencing from the Jerusalem heretics follows that old pattern? There is a Scripture that tells us what to do: “Expel the slave mother with her son, for the slave son will not inherit with the free son.” Isn’t that conclusive? We are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Galatians 4:23 King James Version (KJV)
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Galatians 4:29 King James Version (KJV)
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Galatians 4:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise.
Galatians 4:29 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.
Galatians 4:23 New Century Version (NCV)
Abraham’s son from the slave woman was born in the normal human way. But the son from the free woman was born because of the promise God made to Abraham.
Galatians 4:29 New Century Version (NCV)
The son who was born in the normal way treated the other son badly. It is the same today.
Galatians 4:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise.
Galatians 4:29 American Standard Version (ASV)
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so also it is now.
Galatians 4:23 New International Version (NIV)
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.
Galatians 4:29 New International Version (NIV)
At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
Galatians 4:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise
Galatians 4:29 New King James Version (NKJV)
But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
Galatians 4:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, while the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise.
Galatians 4:29 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But as at that time the child [of ordinary birth] born according to the flesh persecuted the son who was born according to [the promise and working of] the Spirit, so it is now also. [Gen 21:9]
Galatians 4:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise.
Galatians 4:29 New Living Translation (NLT)
But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit.
Galatians 4:23 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Ishmael, the son of the slave girl, was born of the natural realm. But Isaac, the son of the freewoman, was born supernaturally by the Spirit—a child of the promise of God!
Galatians 4:29 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And just as the son of the natural world at that time harassed the son born of the power of the Holy Spirit, so it is today.