1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;

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Galatians 4:29, Galatians 4:23, Galatians 4:29, Galatians 4:23, Genesis 24:2

2but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.

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3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

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Colossians 2:20, Galatians 4:9, Colossians 2:8, Colossians 2:20, Galatians 4:9

4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

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Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 7:14, Romans 1:3, John 1:14, Mark 1:15

5that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

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Hebrews 9:15, Hebrews 9:15, Ephesians 1:5, Ephesians 1:5, 1 Peter 1:18

6And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"

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Romans 8:15, Romans 8:17, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:17, Romans 5:5

7So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.

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Galatians 3:29, Galatians 4:2, Galatians 3:29, Galatians 4:2, Romans 8:16

8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

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1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Corinthians 8:4, Ephesians 2:11, Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 2:11

9But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

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1 Corinthians 8:3, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Galatians 3:3, Galatians 3:3, Romans 8:3

10You observe days, months, seasons, and years.

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Colossians 2:16, Colossians 2:17, Colossians 2:16, Colossians 2:17, Romans 14:5

11I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

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1 Thessalonians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 3:5, Galatians 2:2, Galatians 2:2, 2 John 1:8

12I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

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2 Corinthians 2:5, 2 Corinthians 2:5, 1 Kings 22:4, 1 Kings 22:4, 1 Corinthians 9:20

13but you know that because of weakness of the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time;

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1 Corinthians 2:3, 1 Corinthians 2:3, 2 Corinthians 12:7, 2 Corinthians 12:10, 2 Corinthians 12:7

14and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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Matthew 10:40, Matthew 10:40, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Malachi 2:7

15Where was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

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Romans 5:2, Romans 5:2, Colossians 4:13, 1 John 3:16, 1 John 3:18

16So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

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Amos 5:10, Amos 5:10, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 9:8, Galatians 5:7

17They zealously seek you, but for no good purpose; they desire to alienate you, that you may be zealous for them.

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Romans 16:18, 2 Corinthians 11:13, 2 Corinthians 11:15, Romans 16:18, 2 Corinthians 11:13

18But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

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Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:12, Revelation 3:19, Revelation 3:19, Psalms 119:139

19My children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you-

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Romans 8:29, Romans 8:29, Ephesians 4:13, Ephesians 4:13, Romans 13:14

20but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

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1 Thessalonians 2:17, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, 1 Thessalonians 2:17, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, 1 Thessalonians 3:9

21Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

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Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:10, Matthew 22:29, Matthew 22:32, Romans 10:3

22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.

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Genesis 16:15, Genesis 16:15, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:1

23However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

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Hebrews 11:11, Hebrews 11:11, Romans 9:7, Romans 9:8, Romans 9:7

24These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

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Genesis 25:12, Genesis 16:15, Genesis 16:16, Matthew 13:35, Hosea 11:10

25For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

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Psalms 68:17, Psalms 68:8, Acts 1:11, Matthew 23:37, Judges 5:5

26But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

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Hebrews 12:22, Hebrews 12:22, Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:20, Micah 4:1

27For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."

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Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:5, Psalms 113:9

28Now you, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

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Galatians 4:23, Galatians 4:23, Romans 9:8, Romans 9:9, Romans 9:8

29But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

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Genesis 21:9, Genesis 21:9, Romans 8:13, Galatians 5:11, Romans 8:13

30However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman."

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Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, John 8:35

31So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.

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John 8:36, John 8:36, Galatians 5:1, Galatians 5:13, John 1:12