Galatians 4:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So, brethren, we [who are born again] are not children of a slave woman [the natural], but of the free [the supernatural]. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. Common English Bible Therefore, brothers and sisters, we aren’t the slave woman’s children, but we are the free woman’s children. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, brothers, we are not the sons of the servant woman, but rather of the free woman. And this is the freedom with which Christ has set us free. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the free: by the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free. |
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman.
With freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.