Galatians 4

1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
1 Λέγω δέ, ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον ὁ κληρονόμος νήπιός ἐστιν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου, κύριος πάντων ὤν·
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
2 ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους ἐστὶν
WH ἐστὶ
 καὶ οἰκονόμους, ἄχρι τῆς προθεσμίας τοῦ πατρός.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
3 Οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἦμεν
WH ἤμεθα
 δεδουλωμένοι·
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
4 ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
5 ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ, ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν.
6 And because ye are sons, God
B ⟨he⟩
 hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your
ℵBA ⟨our⟩
 hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
6 Ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν
WH ἡμῶν
, κρᾶζον, Ἀββᾶ, ὁ πατήρ.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ
ℵBA ⟨through God⟩
.
7 Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλ’
WH ἀλλὰ
 υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος [+]
WH διὰ
 θεοῦ διὰ χριστοῦ.
WH omit
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
8 Ἀλλὰ τότε μέν, οὐκ εἰδότες θεόν, ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς μὴ
WH omit
 φύσει οὖσιν
WH μὴ οὖσι
 θεοῖς·
9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
9 νῦν δέ, γνόντες θεόν, μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ, πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα, οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεύειν
WH δουλεῦσαι
 θέλετε;
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
10 Ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε, καὶ μῆνας, καὶ καιρούς, καὶ ἐνιαυτούς.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
11 Φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς, μήπως
WH μή πως
 εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς.
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
12 Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. Οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε·
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
13 οἴδατε δὲ ὅτι δι’ ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὸ πρότερον.
14 And my temptation which was
ℵBA ⟨your temptation⟩
 in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
14 Καὶ τὸν πειρασμόν μου τὸν
WH ὑμῶν
 ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε, ἀλλ’
WH ἀλλὰ
 ὡς ἄγγελον θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με, ὡς χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν.
15 Where is
ℵBA ⟨is⟩
 then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
15 Τίς
WH ποῦ
 οὖν ἦν
WH omit
 ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν; Μαρτυρῶ γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι, εἰ δυνατόν, τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες ἂν
WH omit
 ἐδώκατέ μοι.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
16 Ὥστε ἐχθρὸς ὑμῶν γέγονα ἀληθεύων ὑμῖν;
17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
17 Ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.
18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
18 Καλὸν δὲ τὸ
WH omit
 ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
19 My little
ℵB omit
 children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
19 Τεκνία μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω, ἄχρι
WH μέχρις
 οὗ μορφωθῇ χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν,
20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
20 ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
21 Λέγετέ μοι, οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι, τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε;
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
22 Γέγραπται γάρ, ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν· ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης, καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
23 Ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν
WH [μὲν]
 ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας διὰ τῆς
WH δι’
 ἐπαγγελίας.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the
BA omit
 two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
24 Ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα· αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι· μία μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σινᾶ, εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα, ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἅγαρ.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai
BA ⟨But this Agar is mount Sinai⟩; ℵ ⟨For Sinai is a mountain, being⟩
 in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and
ℵBA ⟨for she⟩
 is in bondage with her children.
25 Τὸ γὰρ
WH δὲ
 Ἅγαρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ
WH συνστοιχεῖ
 δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἱερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει δὲ
WH γὰρ
 μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all
ℵB ⟨our mother⟩
.
26 Ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ πάντων
WH omit
 ἡμῶν·
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
27 γέγραπται γάρ, Εὐφράνθητι, στεῖρα, ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα· ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον, ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα· ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα.
28 Now we
B ⟨you⟩
, brethren, as Isaac was
B ⟨was⟩
, are the children of promise.
28 Ἡμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαάκ, ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐσμέν.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
29 Ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ τότε ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς ἐδίωκεν
WH ἐδίωκε
 τὸν κατὰ πνεῦμα, οὕτως καὶ νῦν.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the
A ⟨this⟩
 bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
30 Ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή; Ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς, οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσῃ
WH κληρονομήσει
 ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
31 So then
ℵB ⟨Wherefore⟩; A ⟨But⟩
, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
31 Ἄρα
WH διό
, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
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About the Greek Text

The Greek text displayed here follows The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform, edited by Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pierpont (2nd ed., 2018). This has been collated, however, with the Greek text of Westcott and Hort (first published in 1881), and the variants are recorded in the notes.