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          DASV: Galatians 4    

1 But I say that the heir as long as he is a child is no
different than if he were a slave, though he is still
owner of everything.
2 He lives under guardians and managers until the time set
by his father.
3 We also, when children, were in slavery under the elementary
principles of the world.
4 But when the right time came, God sent his son, born of
a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those enslaved under the law, so that we might
be adopted as his children.
6 Because we are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son
into our hearts, the spirit that calls out, “Abba, Father.”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son,
then God has made you an heir.

8 Previously, when you did not know God, you were slaves to
things that are not gods.
9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather are known
by God, how can you ever turn back to weak and worthless
elementary principles of the world? Do you want to be
slaves again?
10 You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
11 I am afraid for you, that maybe my efforts for you have been
for nothing.
12 I beg you, brothers, be like me, because I also am becoming
like you. You did me no wrong.
13 As you know it was because of an illness that I first
preached the gospel to you,
14 and even though my illness was a trial for you, you did not
despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were
an angel of God, or even Jesus himself.
15 What happened to your joy now? For I witnessed that, if possible,
you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me.
16 Have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 They eagerly want your favor, but for no good. They want to
shut you off from us, so you can be zealous for them.
18 But it is good if someone is eager to do good things for you,
let them do it all the time, and not just when I am with you.
19 My dear children, I am again in the pains of childbirth until
Christ is formed in you.
20 I wish I could be there with you now, and could change the
tone of my voice; because I am perplexed about you.

21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you know what
the law actually says?
22 It is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave
woman and one by the free woman.
23 The son of the slave woman was born by the flesh, but the son
of the free woman was born by the promise.
24 These things are an allegory; for these women represent the
two covenants; one from Mount Sinai, bearing children into slavery,
which is Hagar.
25 Now Hagar, represents Mount Sinai in Arabia, corresponding
to the current Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free and she is our mother.
27 For it is written, “Rejoice, O childless woman, cry out you
who have had no birth-pains; because the children of the desolate
mother are more numerous than those of the woman with a husband.”
28 Now brothers, you are like Isaac, children of promise.
29 Just as back then, the one who was born of the flesh persecuted
the one who was born of the Spirit, and that is how it is now also.
30 What then does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and
her son, because the son of your servant will not inherit the
share with the son of the free woman.”
31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman
but of the free woman.

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