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Galatians 4

Sonship in Christ

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Nowg1161 I sayg3004, as longg5550 as the heirg2818 is a  1childg3516, he does not differg1308 at allg3761 from a slaveg1401 although he is  2ownerg2962 of everythingg3956,

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but he is underg5259 guardiansg2012 and  1managersg3623 untilg891 the dateg4287 setg4287 by the fatherg3962.

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Sog3779 alsog2532 we, whileg3753 we were childreng3516, were heldg1402  ain bondageg1402 underg5259 the  1 belementalg4747 thingsg4747 of the worldg2889.

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But wheng3753  athe fullnessg4138 of the timeg5550 cameg2064, Godg2316 sentg1821 forthg1821 His Song5207,  bborng1096 of a womang1135, borng1096  cunderg5259  1the Lawg3551,

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sog2443 that He might redeemg1805 thoseg3588 who were underg5259  1the Lawg3551, that we might receiveg618 the adoptiong5206 as  asonsg5206.

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Becauseg3754 you are sonsg5207,  aGodg2316 has sentg1821 forthg1821 the Spiritg4151 of His Song5207 into our heartsg2588, cryingg2896, " bAbbag5! Fatherg3962!"

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Thereforeg5620 you are nog3765 longerg3765 a slaveg1401, but a song5207; and  aifg1487 a song5207, theng2532 an heirg2818  1throughg1223 Godg2316.

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Howeverg235 at that timeg5119,  awhen you did not knowg3609a Godg2316, you were  bslavesg1398 to  cthoseg3588 which by natureg5449 are nog3361 godsg2316.

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But nowg3568 that you have come to knowg1097 Godg2316, org1161 ratherg3123 to be  aknowng1097 by Godg2316,  bhowg4459 is it that you turng1994 backg1994 againg3825 to the weakg772 and worthlessg4434  1 celementalg4747 thingsg4747, to whichg3739 you desireg2309 to be enslavedg1398 allg509 overg509 againg3825?

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You  aobserveg3906 daysg2250 and monthsg3376 and seasonsg2540 and yearsg1763.

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I fearg5399 for you, that perhapsg4458 I have laboredg2872  1overg1519 you in vaing1500.

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I begg1189a of you,  abrethreng80,  bbecomeg1096 as I am, for I alsog2532 have become as you are. You have doneg91 me nog3762 wrongg91;

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but you knowg3609a that it was becauseg1223 of a  1bodilyg4561 illnessg769 that I preachedg2097 the gospelg2097 to you the  2firstg4387 timeg4387;

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and that whichg3986 was a  1trialg3986 to you in my  2bodilyg4561 conditiong4561 you did not despiseg1848 org3761  3loatheg1609, but  ayou receivedg1209 me as an angelg32a of Godg2316, as  bChristg5547 Jesusg2424 Himself.

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Whereg4226 theng3767 is  1that senseg3108 of blessingg3108 you had? For I bearg3140 you witnessg3140 that, ifg1487 possibleg1415, you would have pluckedg1846 out your eyesg3788 and giveng1325 them to me.

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Sog5620 have I becomeg1096 your enemyg2190  aby  1tellingg226 you the truthg226?

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They eagerlyg2206 seekg2206 you, not commendablyg2573, but they wishg2309 to shutg1576 you out sog2443 that you will seekg2206 them.

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But it is goodg2570 alwaysg3842 to be eagerlyg2206 soughtg2206 in a commendableg2570  1mannerg2570, and  anot onlyg3440 wheng1722 I amg3918b presentg3918b with you.

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 aMy childreng5043, with whomg3739  bI amg5605 againg3825 in laborg5605 untilg3360  cChristg5547 is formedg3445 in you--

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but I could wishg2309 to be presentg3918b with you nowg737 and to changeg236 my toneg5456, for  aI amg639 perplexedg639 aboutg1722 you.

Bond and Free

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Tellg3004 me, you who wantg2309 to be underg5259 lawg3551, do you not  alisteng191 to the lawg3551?

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For it is writteng1125 that Abrahamg11 hadg2192 twog1417 sonsg5207,  aoneg1520 by the bondwomang3814 and  boneg1520 by the freeg1658 womang1658.

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But  athe son by the bondwomang3814  1was borng1080 accordingg2596 to the fleshg4561, and  bthe son by the freeg1658 womang1658 throughg1223 the promiseg1860.

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 1 aThisg3748 is allegoricallyg238 speakingg238, for theseg3778 women are twog1417 covenantsg1242: oneg1520 proceeding from  bMountg3735 Sinaig4614 bearingg1080 childreng1080  2who are to be  cslavesg1397;  3she is Hagarg28.

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Nowg3568 thisg3588 Hagarg28 is Mountg3735 Sinaig4614 in Arabiag688 and correspondsg4960 to the presentg3568 Jerusalemg2419, for she is in slaveryg1398 with her childreng5043.

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But  athe Jerusalemg2419 aboveg507 is freeg1658;  1she is our motherg3384.

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For it is writteng1125, " aREJOICEg2165, BARRENg4723 WOMANg4723 WHO DOES NOT BEARg5088; BREAKg4486 FORTHg4486 AND SHOUTg994, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABORg5605; FOR MOREg4183 NUMEROUSg4183 ARE THE CHILDRENg5043 OF THE DESOLATEg2048 THANg2228 OF THE ONE WHO HASg2192 A HUSBANDg435."

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And you brethreng80,  alikeg2596 Isaacg2464, are  bchildreng5043 of promiseg1860.

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But as at that timeg5119  ahe who was borng1080 accordingg2596 to the fleshg4561  bpersecutedg1377 him who was born accordingg2596 to the Spiritg4151,  csog3779 it is nowg3568 alsog2532.

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But whatg5101 does the Scriptureg1124 sayg3004? " aCASTg1544b OUT THE BONDWOMANg3814 AND HER SONg5207, FOR  bTHE SONg5207 OF THE BONDWOMANg3814 SHALL NOT BE AN HEIRg2816 WITH THE SONg5207 OF THE FREEg1658 WOMANg1658."

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Sog1352 theng1352, brethreng80, we are not childreng5043 of a bondwomang3814,  1but of the freeg1658 womang1658.



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