Galatians 4:31 - New Revised Standard Version So then, friends, we are children, not of the slave but 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. |
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.
But what does the scripture say? “Drive out the slave and her child; for the child of the slave will not share the inheritance with the child of the free woman.”
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.