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1. Let me say this another way. A young child who will get all the riches of his family is not different from a servant who is owned by the family. And yet the young child owns everything.
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1. Now G1161 I say G3004 , That the G3588 heir G2818 , as long as G3745 he G5550 is G2076 a child G3516 , differeth G1308 nothing G3762 from a servant G1401 , though he be G5607 lord G2962 of all G3956 ;
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2. While he is young, he is cared for by men his father trusts. These men tell the child what he can and cannot do. The child cannot do what he wants to do until he has become a certain age.
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2. But G235 is G2076 under G5259 tutors G2012 and G2532 governors G3623 until G891 the G3588 time appointed G4287 of the G3588 father G3962 .
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3. We were as children also held by the Law. We obeyed the Law in our religious worship.
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3. Even G2532 so G3779 we G2249 , when G3753 we were G2258 children G3516 , were G2258 in bondage G1402 under G5259 the G3588 elements G4747 of the G3588 world G2889 :
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4. But at the right time, God sent His Son. A woman gave birth to Him under the Law.
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4. But G1161 when G3753 the G3588 fullness G4138 of the G3588 time G5550 was come G2064 , God G2316 sent forth G1821 his G848 Son G5207 , made G1096 of G1537 a woman G1135 , made G1096 under G5259 the law G3551 ,
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5. This all happened so He could buy with His blood and make free all those who were held by the Law. Then we might become the sons of God.
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5. To G2443 redeem G1805 them G3588 that were under G5259 the law G3551 , that G2443 we might receive G618 the G3588 adoption of sons G5206 .
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6. Because you are the sons of God, He has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts. The Spirit cries, "Father!"
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6. And G1161 because G3754 ye are G2075 sons G5207 , God G2316 hath sent forth G1821 the G3588 Spirit G4151 of his G848 Son G5207 into G1519 your G5216 hearts G2588 , crying G2896 , Abba G5 , Father G3962 .
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7. So now you are no longer a servant who is owned by someone. You are a son. If you are a son, then you will receive what God has promised through Christ.
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7. Wherefore G5620 thou art G1488 no more G3765 a servant G1401 , but G235 a son G5207 ; and G1161 if G1487 a son G5207 , then G2532 an heir G2818 of God G2316 through G1223 Christ G5547 .
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8. During the time when you did not know God, you worshiped false gods.
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8. Howbeit G235 then G5119 , when G3303 ye knew G1492 not G3756 God G2316 , ye did service G1398 unto them which by nature G5449 are G5607 no G3361 gods G2316 .
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9. But now that you know God, or should I say that you are known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak old Law? Why do you want to do those religious acts of worship that will keep you from being free? Why do you want to be held under the power of the Law again?
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9. But G1161 now G3568 , after that ye have known G1097 God G2316 , or G1161 rather G3123 are known G1097 of G5259 God G2316 , how G4459 turn G1994 ye again G3825 to G1909 the G3588 weak G772 and G2532 beggarly G4434 elements G4747 , whereunto G3739 ye G3825 desire G2309 again G509 to be in bondage G1398 ?
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10. You do special things on certain days and months and years and times of the year.
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10. Ye observe G3906 days G2250 , and G2532 months G3376 , and G2532 times G2540 , and G2532 years G1763 .
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11. I am afraid my work with you was wasted.
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11. I am afraid G5399 of you G5209 , lest G3381 I have bestowed upon you labor G2872 G1519 G5209 in vain G1500 .
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12. I ask you, Christian brothers, stay free from the Law as I am. Even if I am a Jew, I became free from the Law, just as you who are not Jews. You did no wrong to me.
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12. Brethren G80 , I beseech G1189 you G5216 , be G1096 as G5613 I G1473 am ; for G3754 I G2504 am as G5613 ye G5210 are : ye have not injured me at all G3762 G91 G3165 .
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13. You know I preached the Good News to you the first time because of my sickness.
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13. Ye G1161 know G1492 how G3754 through G1223 infirmity G769 of the G3588 flesh G4561 I preached the gospel G2097 unto you G5213 at the first G4386 .
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14. Even though I was hard to look at because of my sickness, you did not turn away from me. You took me in as an angel from God. You took me in as you would have taken in Christ Jesus Himself.
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14. And G2532 my G3450 temptation G3986 which G3588 was in G1722 my G3450 flesh G4561 ye despised G1848 not G3756 , nor G3761 rejected G1609 ; but G235 received G1209 me G3165 as G5613 an angel G32 of God G2316 , even as G5613 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 .
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15. What has become of the happiness you once had? You would have taken out your own eyes if you could have and given them to me.
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15. Where G5101 is G2258 then G3767 the G3588 blessedness G3108 ye G5216 spake of? for G1063 I bear you record G3140 G5213 , that G3754 , if G1487 it had been possible G1415 , ye would have plucked out G1846 G302 your own G5216 eyes G3788 , and have given G1325 them to me G3427 .
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16. Do you hate me because I have told you the truth?
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16. Am I therefore G5620 become G1096 your G5216 enemy G2190 , because I tell you the truth G226 G5213 ?
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17. Those false teachers are trying to turn your eyes toward them. They do not want you to follow my teaching. What they are doing is not good.
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17. They zealously affect G2206 you G5209 , but not G3756 well G2573 ; yea G235 , they would G2309 exclude G1576 you G5209 , that G2443 ye might affect G2206 them G846 .
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18. It is good when people help you if they do not hope to get something from it. They should help you all the time, not only when I am with you.
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18. But G1161 it is good G2570 to be zealously affected G2206 always G3842 in G1722 a good G2570 thing, and G2532 not G3361 only G3440 when I G3165 am present G3918 with G4314 you G5209 .
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19. My children, I am suffering birth pain for you again. I will suffer until Christ's life is in your life.
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19. My G3450 little children G5040 , of whom G3739 I travail in birth G5605 again G3825 until G891 G3757 Christ G5547 be formed G3445 in G1722 you G5213 ,
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20. I wish I could be with you now. I wish I could speak to you in a more gentle voice, but I am troubled about you.
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20. I G1161 desire G2309 to be present G3918 with G4314 you G5209 now G737 , and G2532 to change G236 my G3450 voice G5456 ; for G3754 I stand in doubt G639 of G1722 you G5213 .
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21. Listen! If you want to be under the Law, why do you not listen to what it says?
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21. Tell G3004 me G3427 , ye that desire G2309 to be G1511 under G5259 the law G3551 , do ye not G3756 hear G191 the G3588 law G3551 ?
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22. The Holy Writings say that Abraham had two sons. One was born from a woman servant (Hagar) who was owned by someone. She had to do what she was told. The other son was born from a woman (Sarah) who was free to work and live as she desired. (Genesis 16:15; 21:2-9)
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22. For G1063 it is written G1125 , that G3754 Abraham G11 had G2192 two G1417 sons G5207 , the one G1520 by G1537 a bondmaid G3814 , the G2532 other G1520 by G1537 a freewoman G1658 .
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23. The son born from the woman servant who was owned by someone was like any other birth. The son born from the free woman was different. That son had been promised by God.
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23. But G235 he G3588 G3303 who was of G1537 the G3588 bondwoman G3814 was born G1080 after G2596 the flesh G4561 ; but G1161 he G3588 of G1537 the G3588 freewoman G1658 was by G1223 promise G1860 .
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24. Think of it like this: These two women show God's two ways of working with His people. The children born from Hagar are under the Law given on Mount Sinai. They will be servants who are owned by someone and will always be told what to do!
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24. Which things G3748 are G2076 an allegory G238 : for G1063 these G3778 are G1526 the G3588 two G1417 covenants G1242 ; the one G3391 G3303 from G575 the mount G3735 Sinai G4614 , which engendereth G1080 to G1519 bondage G1397 , which G3748 is G2076 Hagar G28 .
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25. Hagar is known as Mount Sinai in the country of Arabia. She is as Jerusalem is today, because she and her children are not free to do what they want to do.
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25. For G1063 this Hagar G28 is G2076 mount G3735 Sinai G4614 in G1722 Arabia G688 , and G1161 answereth to G4960 Jerusalem G2419 which now G3568 is, and G1161 is in bondage G1398 with G3326 her G848 children G5043 .
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26. But the Jerusalem of heaven is the free woman, and she is our mother.
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26. But G1161 Jerusalem G2419 which is above G507 is G2076 free G1658 , which G3748 is G2076 the mother G3384 of us G2257 all G3956 .
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27. The Holy Writings say, "Woman, be happy, you who have had no children. Cry for joy, you who have never had the pains of having a child, for you will have many children. Yes, you will have more children than the one who has a husband." (Isaiah 54:1)
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27. For G1063 it is written G1125 , Rejoice G2165 , thou barren G4723 that bearest G5088 not G3756 ; break forth G4486 and G2532 cry G994 , thou that travailest G5605 not G3756 ; for G3754 the G3588 desolate G2048 hath G2192 many G4183 more G3123 children G5043 than G2228 she which hath G2192 a husband G435 .
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28. Christian brothers, we are like Isaac. We are the children God promised.
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28. Now G1161 we G2249 , brethren G80 , as G2596 Isaac G2464 was, are G2070 the children G5043 of promise G1860 .
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29. At that time the son born as other children are born made it hard for the son born by the Holy Spirit. It is the same way now.
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29. But G235 as G5618 then G5119 he that was born G1080 after G2596 the flesh G4561 persecuted G1377 him G3588 that was born after G2596 the Spirit G4151 , even G2532 so G3779 it is now G3568 .
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30. But what do the Holy Writings say? They say, "Put the woman servant who is owned by someone and her son out of your home. The son of that woman servant will never get any of the riches of the family. It will all be given to the son of the free woman." (Genesis 21:10)
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30. Nevertheless G235 what G5101 saith G3004 the G3588 Scripture G1124 ? Cast out G1544 the G3588 bondwoman G3814 and G2532 her G846 son G5207 : for G1063 the G3588 son G5207 of the G3588 bondwoman G3814 shall not G3364 be heir G2816 with G3326 the G3588 son G5207 of the G3588 freewoman G1658 .
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31. Christian brothers, we are not children of the woman servant who was owned by someone (Hagar). We are children of the free woman (Sarah).
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31. So then G686 , brethren G80 , we are G2070 not G3756 children G5043 of the bondwoman G3814 , but G235 of the G3588 free G1658 .
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