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Hagar and Sarah

Galatians 4:28

In 9 translations

BSB
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.WH, BYZ, and TR we
KJV
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
WEB
Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
ASV
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
LSV
And we, brothers, as Isaac, are children of promise,
YLT
And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise,
DBY
But ye, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.
DRC
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
GNV
Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promise.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles read ὑμεῖς (“you yourselves”); Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἡμεῖς (“we ourselves”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles read ἐστέ (“you are”); Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐσμέν (“we are”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ὑμεῖς δέ … τέκνα ἐστέ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμεῖς δέ … τέκνα ἐστέ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Robinson–Pierpont read ἡμεῖς δὲ … τέκνα ἐσμέν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐστέ·
RP2018
Ἡμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαάκ, ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐσμέν.
TR-Boyd
Ἡμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαάκ, ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐσμέν.
SCR1894
ημεις δε αδελφοι κατα ισαακ επαγγελιας τεκνα εσμεν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Galatians 4:23His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
  • Romans 9:8–9So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah…
  • Romans 4:13–18For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is…
  • Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
  • Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

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