Galatians 4:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ One, the child of the enslaved woman, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born through the promise.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But whereas the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise.

Common English Bible

²³ The son by the slave woman was conceived the normal way, but the son by the free woman was conceived through a promise.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And he who was of the servant was born according to the flesh. But he who was of the free woman was born by the promise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ But he who was of the bondwoman, was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman, was by promise.

Galatians 4:23 Cross References

Romans 10:8

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim),

Galatians 4:22

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by an enslaved woman and the other by a free woman.

Hebrews 11:11

By faith, with Sarah’s involvement, he received power of procreation, even though he was too old, because he considered him faithful who had promised.