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Galatians 4:17

King James Version (1769) with Strongs Numbers and Morphology

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
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.
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.