Parallel
Galatians 4
CNTR Statistical Restoration · Berean Standard Bible
Λέγω δέ, ἐφʼ ὅσον χρόνον ὁ κληρονόμος νήπιός ἐστιν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου, κύριος πάντων ὤν,
What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους ἐστὶν καὶ οἰκονόμους, ἄχρι τῆς προθεσμίας τοῦ πατρός.
He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
Οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἦμεν δεδουλωμένοι.
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles (note: Or elemental forces; similarly in verse 9) of the world.
Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ ˚Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ, ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν.
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
Ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ ˚Θεὸς τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν κρᾶζον, “Ἀββά, ὁ Πατήρ!”
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλὰ υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος διὰ ˚Θεοῦ.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες ˚Θεὸν, ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσι θεοῖς·
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
νῦν δὲ γνόντες ˚Θεόν, μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ ˚Θεοῦ, πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα, οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεύειν θέλετε;
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
Ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε, καὶ μῆνας, καὶ καιροὺς, καὶ ἐνιαυτούς.
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
Φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς, μή πως εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς.
I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. Οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε·
I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
οἴδατε δὲ ὅτι διʼ ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς, εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὸ πρότερον.
You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
Καὶ τὸν πειρασμὸν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἄγγελον ˚Θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με, ὡς ˚Χριστὸν ˚Ἰησοῦν.
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
Ποῦ οὖν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν; Μαρτυρῶ γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες, ἐδώκατέ μοι.
What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
Ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.
Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
Καλὸν δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
Τέκνα μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω, μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ ˚Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν–
My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.
how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
Λέγετέ μοι, οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι, τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε;
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
Γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν, ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης, καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
Ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης, κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας, διʼ ἐπαγγελίας.
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
Ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα, αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι: μία μὲν ἀπὸ Ὄρους Σινᾶ εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα, ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἁγάρ.
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
Τὸ δὲ Ἁγὰρ Σινᾶ Ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἰερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει γὰρ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
Ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ ἡμῶν.
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Γέγραπται γάρ, “Εὐφράνθητι, στεῖρα, ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα, ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον, ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα, ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον, ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα.”
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband (note: Isaiah 54:1).”
Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ, ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐστέ.
Now you (note: WH, BYZ, and TR we), brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ τότε ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς, ἐδίωκε τὸν κατὰ ˚Πνεῦμα, οὕτως καὶ νῦν.
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
Ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ Γραφή; “Ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς, οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης, μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.”
But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son (note: Genesis 21:10), for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
Διό ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.