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Galatians 4

Paul explains that believers are no longer servants under elementary bondage but sons because God sent forth His Son, made of a woman and under the law, to redeem those under the law. The Spirit of His Son cries ‘Abba, Father.’ Paul then pleads with the Galatians not to return to bondage and uses Hagar and Sarah allegorically to contrast bondage and promise.

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Paul explains that believers are no longer servants under elementary bondage but sons because God sent forth His Son, made of a woman and under the law, to redeem those under the law. The Spirit of His Son cries ‘Abba, Father.’ Paul then pleads with the Galatians not to return to bondage and uses Hagar and Sarah allegorically to contrast bondage and promise.

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Verses 1–7God sends his Son to redeem those under the law and gives believers the Spirit of his SonVerses 8–11Paul warns against returning to bondage under weak and beggarly elementsVerses 12–20Paul appeals to the Galatians to remember their former love and receive the truthVerses 21–31Paul uses Hagar and Sarah to contrast bondage under the law with the freedom of promise
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1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he…2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed…3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage…4But when the fulness of the time was come, God…5To redeem them that were under the law, that we…6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the…7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son;…8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service…9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather…10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon…12Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I…13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached…14And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised…15Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I…16Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you…17They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would…18But it is good to be zealously affected always in…19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again…20I desire to be present with you now, and to…21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law,…22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the…23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after…24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two…25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth…26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the…27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;…28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of…29But as then he that was born after the flesh…30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and…31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman,…