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1 # Now <1161> I say <3004> (5719), That the heir <2818>, as long as <1909> <3745> <5550> he is <2076> (5748) a child <3516>, differeth <1308> (5719) nothing <3762> from a servant <1401>, though he be <5607> (5752) lord <2962> of all <3956>;
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2 But <235> is <2076> (5748) under <5259> tutors <2012> and <2532> governors <3623> until <891> the time appointed <4287> of the father <3962>.
3 Even <2532> so <3779> we <2249>, when <3753> we were <2258> (5713) children <3516>, were <2258> (5713) in bondage <1402> (5772) under <5259> the elements <4747> of the world <2889>:
4 But <1161> when <3753> the fulness <4138> of the time <5550> was come <2064> (5627), God <2316> sent forth <1821> (5656) his <846> Son <5207>, made <1096> (5637) of <1537> a woman <1135>, made <1096> (5637) under <5259> the law <3551>,
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5 To <2443> redeem <1805> (5661) them that were under <5259> the law <3551>, that <2443> we might receive <618> (5632) the adoption of sons <5206>.
6 And <1161> because <3754> ye are <2075> (5748) sons <5207>, God <2316> hath sent forth <1821> (5656) the Spirit <4151> of his <846> Son <5207> into <1519> your <5216> hearts <2588>, crying <2896> (5723), Abba <5>, Father <3962>.
7 Wherefore <5620> thou art <1488> (5748) no more <3765> a servant <1401>, but <235> a son <5207> ; and <1161> if <1487> a son <5207>, then <2532> an heir <2818> of God <2316> through <1223> Christ <5547>.
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8 # Howbeit <235> then <5119> <3303>, when ye knew <1492> (5761) not <3756> God <2316>, ye did service <1398> (5656) unto them which by nature <5449> are <5607> (5752) no <3361> gods <2316>.
9 But <1161> now <3568>, after that ye have known <1097> (5631) God <2316>, or <1161> rather <3123> are known <1097> (5685) of <5259> God <2316>, how <4459> turn ye <1994> (5719) again <3825> to <1909> the weak <772> and <2532> beggarly <4434> elements <4747>, whereunto <3739> ye desire <2309> (5719) again <3825> <509> to be in bondage <1398> (5721)?
10 Ye observe <3906> (5731) days <2250>, and <2532> months <3376>, and <2532> times <2540> , and <2532> years <1763>.
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11 I am afraid <5399> (5736) of you <5209>, lest <3381> <4458> I have bestowed <2872> <0> upon <1519> you <5209> labour <2872> (5758) in vain <1500>.
12 # Brethren <80>, I beseech <1189> (5736) you <5216>, be <1096> (5737) as <5613> I <1473> am; for <3754> I <2504> am as <5613> ye <5210> are: ye have not injured <91> (5656) me <3165> at all <3762>.
13 <1161> Ye know <1492> (5758) how <3754> through <1223> infirmity <769> of the flesh <4561> I preached the gospel <2097> (5668) unto you <5213> at the first <4386>.
14 And <2532> my <3450> temptation <3986> which was in <1722> my <3450> flesh <4561> ye despised <1848> (5656) not <3756>, nor <3761> rejected <1609> (5656); but <235> received <1209> (5662) me <3165> as <5613> an angel <32> of God <2316>, even as <5613> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.
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15 Where <5101> is <2258> (5713) then <3767> the blessedness <3108> ye <5216> spake of? for <1063> I bear <3140> <0> you <5213> record <3140> (5719), that <3754>, if <1487> it had been possible <1415>, ye would have plucked out <1846> (5660) your <5216> own eyes <3788>, and have given them <302> <1325> (5656) to me <3427>.
16 Am I <1096> <0> therefore <5620> become <1096> (5754) your <5216> enemy <2190>, because I tell <226> <0> you <5213> the truth <226> (5723)?
17 # They zealously affect <2206> (5719) you <5209>, but not <3756> well <2573>; yea <235>, they would <2309> (5719) exclude <1576> (5658) you <5209>, that <2443> ye might affect <2206> (5725) them <846>.
18 But <1161> it is good <2570> to be zealously affected <2206> (5745) always <3842> in <1722> a good <2570> thing, and <2532> not <3361> only <3440> when <1722> I <3165> am present <3918> (5750) with <4314> you <5209>.
19 # My <3450> little children <5040>, of whom <3739> I travail in birth <5605> (5719) again <3825> until <891> <3739> Christ <5547> be formed <3445> (5686) in <1722> you <5213>,
20 <1161> I desire <2309> (5707) to be present <3918> (5750) with <4314> you <5209> now <737>, and <2532> to change <236> (5658) my <3450> voice <5456>; for <3754> I stand in doubt <639> (5731) of <1722> you <5213>.
21 # Tell <3004> (5720) me <3427>, ye that desire <2309> (5723) to be <1511> (5750) under <5259> the law <3551>, do ye <191> <0> not <3756> hear <191> (5719) the law <3551>?
22 For <1063> it is written <1125> (5769), that <3754> Abraham <11> had <2192> (5627) two <1417> sons <5207>, the one <1520> by <1537> a bondmaid <3814>, <2532> the other <1520> by <1537> a freewoman <1658>.
23 But <235> he <3303> who was of <1537> the bondwoman <3814> was born <1080> (5769) after <2596> the flesh <4561>; but <1161> he of <1537> the freewoman <1658> was by <1223> promise <1860>.
24 Which things <3748> are <2076> (5748) an allegory <238> (5746): for <1063> these <3778> are <1526> (5748) the two <1417> covenants <1242>; the one <3391> <3303> from <575> the mount <3735> Sinai <4614>, which gendereth <1080> (5723) to <1519> bondage <1397>, which <3748> is <2076> (5748) Agar <28>.
Paul was an excellent teacher and he used a tool that all good teachers use - taking Old Testament Scripture and explaining it using an allegory
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25 For <1063> this Agar <28> is <2076> (5748) mount <3735> Sinai <4614> in <1722> Arabia <688>, and <1161> answereth <4960> (5719) to Jerusalem <2419> which <3588> now is <3568>, and <1161> is in bondage <1398> (5719) with <3326> her <846> children <5043>.
26 But <1161> Jerusalem <2419> which is above <507> is <2076> (5748) free <1658>, which <3748> is <2076> (5748) the mother <3384> of us <2257> all <3956>.
27 For <1063> it is written <1125> (5769), Rejoice <2165> (5682), thou barren <4723> that bearest <5088> (5723) not <3756>; break forth <4486> (5657) and <2532> cry <994> (5657), thou that travailest <5605> (5723) not <3756>: for <3754> the desolate <2048> hath many more <4183> children <5043> than <3123> <2228> she which hath <2192> (5723) an husband <435>.
28 Now <1161> we <2249>, brethren <80>, as <2596> <0> Isaac <2464> was <2596>, are <2070> (5748) the children <5043> of promise <1860>.
29 But <235> as <5618> then <5119> he that was born <1080> (5685) after <2596> the flesh <4561> persecuted <1377> (5707) him that was born after <2596> the Spirit <4151>, even <2532> so <3779> it is now <3568>.
30 Nevertheless <235> what <5101> saith <3004> (5719) the scripture <1124>? Cast out <1544> (5628) the bondwoman <3814> and <2532> her <846> son <5207>: for <1063> the son <5207> of the bondwoman <3814> shall <2816> <0> not <3364> be heir <2816> (5661) with <3326> the son <5207> of the freewoman <1658> .
31 So then <686>, brethren <80>, we are <2070> (5748) not <3756> children <5043> of the bondwoman <3814>, but <235> of the free <1658>.