Galatians 4:31 - Easy To Read Version So, my brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman. We are children of the free woman. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
The Scriptures {\cf2\super [53]} say that Abraham {\cf2\super [54]} had two sons. The mother of one son was a slave woman. The mother of the other son was a free woman.
But what do the Scriptures {\cf2\super [60]} say? “Throw out the slave woman and her son! The son of the free woman will receive everything his father has. But the son of the slave woman will receive nothing.” {\cf2\super [61]}
We have freedom now. Christ made us free. So stand strong. Don’t change and go back into the slavery \{of law\}.
My brothers and sisters, God called you to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do the things that please your sinful selves. But serve each other with love.