Hagar and Sarah
Galatians 4:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
- KJV
- So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
- WEB
- So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.
- ASV
- Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.
- LSV
- then, brothers, we are not a maidservant’s children, but the free [woman’s].
- YLT
- then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's.
- DBY
- So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but [children] of the free woman.
- DRC
- So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the free: by the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free.
- GNV
- Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read διό (“So then”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ἄρα (“Then”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: διό. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read διό; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἄρα.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- διό, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
- RP2018
- Ἄρα, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἄρα, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
- SCR1894
- αρα αδελφοι ουκ εσμεν παιδισκης τεκνα αλλα της ελευθερας
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- John 8:36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- John 1:12–13But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
- 1 John 3:1–2Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Beloved, we are now children…
- Hebrews 2:14–15Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in…
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