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Chapter 4
Gala Rotherha 4:1  But I say:—for as long a time as, the heir, is an infant, he differeth, nothing, from a servant, though, lord of all,
Gala Rotherha 4:2  But is, under guardians, and stewards, until the [day] fore-appointed of the father:
Gala Rotherha 4:3  So also, we, when we were infants, under the elementary principles of the world, were held in servitude;
Gala Rotherha 4:4  But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, who came to be of a woman, who came to be under law,—
Gala Rotherha 4:5  That, them who were under law, he might redeem, that, the sonship, we might duly receive;—
Gala Rotherha 4:6  And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, exclaiming, Abba! Oh Father!
Gala Rotherha 4:7  So that, no longer, art thou a servant, but a son; and, if a son, an heir also, through God.
Gala Rotherha 4:8  But, at that time—not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;
Gala Rotherha 4:9  Whereas, now, having acknowledged God,—or rather, having been acknowledged by God, how turn ye back again unto the weak and beggarly elementary principles, unto which, over again, ye are wishing, to come into servitude?
Gala Rotherha 4:10  Days, ye do narrowly observer, and months, and seasons, and years:—
Gala Rotherha 4:11  I am afraid of you—lest by any means, in vain, I should have toiled for you!
Gala Rotherha 4:12  Become ye as, I, because, I also, [was] as, ye,—brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged me.
Gala Rotherha 4:13  Howbeit ye know that, by reason of a weakness of the flesh, I myself announced the glad-message unto you, formerly;
Gala Rotherha 4:14  And, your trial, in my flesh, ye despised not, neither spat ye [in disgust], but, as a messenger of God, ye welcomed me—as Christ Jesus.
Gala Rotherha 4:15  Where, then, is the happiness ye accounted yours? For I bear you witness—that, if possible, your eyes, ye would have dug out, and given unto me.
Gala Rotherha 4:16  So then, your enemy, have I become, by dealing truthfully with you?
Gala Rotherha 4:17  They shew a zeal for you, not honourably, but wish, to shut you out, in order that ye may be zealous for, them.
Gala Rotherha 4:18  Howbeit it is, honourable, to show zeal in what is honourable at all times, and not only when I am present with you;—
Gala Rotherha 4:19  My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you;—
Gala Rotherha 4:20  I could wish, however, to be present with you, even now, and to change my voice,—because I am perplexed regarding you.
Gala Rotherha 4:21  Tell me! ye who, under law, are wishing to be: The law, do ye not hear?
Gala Rotherha 4:22  For it is written, that, Abraham, had two sons—one by the bondmaid, and one by the free woman;
Gala Rotherha 4:23  But, he that was of the bondmaid, after the flesh, had been born, whereas, he that was of the free woman, through means of a promise.
Gala Rotherha 4:24  Which things, indeed, may bear another meaning; for, the same, are two covenants,—one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, into bondage, bringing forth, the which is Hagar,—
Gala Rotherha 4:25  And, the Hagar, is Mount Sinai, in Arabia,—she answereth, however, unto the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children;
Gala Rotherha 4:26  But, the Jerusalem above, is free,—the which is our mother;
Gala Rotherha 4:27  For it is written—Be gladdened, O barren one! that wast not giving birth, break forth and shout, thou that wast not in birth-pains,—because, more, are the children of the deserted one, than of her that had the husband.
Gala Rotherha 4:28  And, we, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of a promise.
Gala Rotherha 4:29  But, just as, then, he that after the manner of the flesh had been born, did persecute him who [had been born] after the manner of the Spirit, thus, also now.
Gala Rotherha 4:30  But, what saith the scripture? Cast out the serving woman and her son; for in nowise shall the son of the serving woman inherit with the son of the free.
Gala Rotherha 4:31  Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a serving woman, but of the free:—