Galatians 4:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Yet [just] as at that time the child [of ordinary birth] born according to the flesh despised and persecuted him [who was born remarkably] according to [the promise and the working of] the [Holy] Spirit, so it is now also. [Gen. 21:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so also it is now.

Common English Bible

²⁹ But just as it was then, so it is now also: the one who was conceived the normal way harassed the one who was conceived by the Spirit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ But just as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ But as then he, that was born according to the flesh, persecuted him that was after the spirit; so also it is now.

Galatians 4:29 Cross References

Genesis 21:9

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

John 15:9

Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

John 3:5

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:13

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Galatians 4:23

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

Galatians 5:11

But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumblingblock of the cross been done away.