Galatians 4:1

New International Reader's Version

Here is what I have been saying. As long as your own children are young, they are no different from slaves in your house. They are no different, even though they will own all the property.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:12

Jehoiada brought out Ahaziah’s son. He put the crown on him. He gave him a copy of the covenant. And he announced that Joash was king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him. The people clapped their hands. Then they shouted, “May the king live a long time!”

2 Kings 12:2

Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Joash lived that way as long as Jehoiada the priest was teaching him.

Galatians 3:29

You who belong to Christ are Abraham’s seed. So you will receive what God has promised.

Galatians 4:2

People are in charge of the property. And other people are in charge of the children. The children remain under their care until they become adults. At that time their fathers give them the property.

Galatians 4:23

Abraham’s son by the slave woman was born in the usual way. But his son by the free woman was born because of God’s promise.

Galatians 4:29

At that time, the son born in the usual way tried to hurt the other son. The other son was born by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is the same now.

1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts what God says about him. Whoever does not believe God is calling him a liar. That’s because they have not believed what God said about his Son.