Galatians 4:21 - Easy To Read Version Some of you people still want to be under the law \{of Moses\}. Tell me, do you know what the law says? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, will you listen to what the Law [really] says? American Standard Version (1901) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? Common English Bible Tell me—those of you who want to be under the Law—don’t you listen to the Law? Catholic Public Domain Version Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, have you not read the law? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read the law? |
But Abraham said, ‘They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets {\cf2\super [267]} to read; let them learn from that!’
Jesus answered, “It is written in your law, ‘I (God) said you are gods.’ {\cf2\super [170]}
The people said, “But our law says that the Christ {\cf2\super [201]} will live forever. So why do you say, ‘The Son of Man {\cf2\super [202]} must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
But this happened so that what is written in their law would be true: ‘They hated me for no reason.’ {\cf2\super [219]}
These things the law {\cf2\super [28]} says are for the people that are under the law. This stops all \{Jewish\} people from making excuses and brings the whole world (Jews and non-Jews) under God’s judgment.
Sin will not be your master. Why? Because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace (kindness).
But people who depend on following the law \{to make them right\} are under a curse. Why? Because the Scriptures say, “A person must do all the things that are written in the law. {\cf2\super [28]} If he does not always obey, then that person is under a curse!” {\cf2\super [29]}
But now you know the true God. Really, it is God who knows you. So why do you turn back to those weak and useless rules you followed before? Do you want to be slaves to those things again?