But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.
Galatians 4:29 - New Revised Standard Version But just as at that time the child who was born according to the flesh persecuted the child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 But as then he, that was born according to the flesh, persecuted him that was after the spirit; so also it is now. |
But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.
Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
One, the child of the slave, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born through the promise.
But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.