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Epistle to the Galatians, Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 of Galatians—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now I say, as long as the heir is a [a]child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is [b]owner of everything,
  2. but he is under guardians and [c]managers until the date set by the father.
  3. So also we, while we were children, were held 1in bondage under the [d]2elemental things of the world.
  4. But when 3the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, 4born of a woman, born 5under [e]the Law,
  5. so that He might redeem those who were under [f]the Law, that we might receive the adoption as 6sons.
  6. Because you are sons, 7God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “8Abba! Father!”
  7. Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and 9if a son, then an heir [g]through God.
  8. ¶ However at that time, 10when you did not know God, you were 11slaves to 12those which by nature are no gods.
  9. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be 13known by God, 14how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless [h]15elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
  10. You 16observe days and months and seasons and years.
  11. I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [i]over you in vain.
  12. ¶ I beg of you, 17brethren, 18become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong;
  13. but you know that it was because of a [j]bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the [k]first time;
  14. and that which was a [l]trial to you in my [m]bodily condition you did not despise or [n]loathe, but 19you received me as an angel of God, as 20Christ Jesus Himself.
  15. Where then is [o]that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
  16. So have I become your enemy 21by [p]telling you the truth?
  17. They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.
  18. But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable [q]manner, and 22not only when I am present with you.
  19. 23My children, with whom 24I am again in labor until 25Christ is formed in you—
  20. but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for 26I am perplexed about you.
  21. ¶ Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not 27listen to the law?
  22. For it is written that Abraham had two sons, 28one by the bondwoman and 29one by the free woman.
  23. But 30the son by the bondwoman [r]was born according to the flesh, and 31the son by the free woman through the promise.
  24. [s]32This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from 33Mount Sinai bearing children [t]who are to be 34slaves; [u]she is Hagar.
  25. Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
  26. But 35the Jerusalem above is free; [v]she is our mother.
  27. For it is written,
    ¶ “36REJOICE, BARREN WOMAN WHO DOES NOT BEAR;
    BREAK FORTH AND SHOUT, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR;
    FOR MORE NUMEROUS ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE
    THAN OF THE ONE WHO HAS A HUSBAND.”
  28. ¶ And you brethren, 37like Isaac, are 38children of promise.
  29. But as at that time 39he who was born according to the flesh 40persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, 41so it is now also.
  30. But what does the Scripture say?
    ¶ “42CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND HER SON,
    FOR 43THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE AN HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREE WOMAN.”
  31. ¶ So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, [w]but of the free woman.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or minor
  2. ^ Lit lord
  3. ^ Or stewards
  4. ^ Or rudimentary teachings or principles
  5. ^ Or law
  6. ^ Or law
  7. ^ I.e. through the gracious act of
  8. ^ Or rudimentary teachings or principles
  9. ^ Or for
  10. ^ Lit weakness of the flesh
  11. ^ Or former
  12. ^ Or temptation
  13. ^ Lit flesh
  14. ^ Lit spit out at
  15. ^ Lit the congratulation of yourselves
  16. ^ Or dealing truthfully with you
  17. ^ Or thing
  18. ^ Lit has been born
  19. ^ Lit Which
  20. ^ Lit into slavery
  21. ^ Lit which
  22. ^ Lit which
  23. ^ V 5:1, note 1

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ga 2:4; 4:8f, 24f
  2. ^ Ga 4:9; Col 2:8, 20; Heb 5:12
  3. ^ Mr 1:15
  4. ^ Jn 1:14; Ro 1:3; 8:3; Pp 2:7
  5. ^ Lu 2:21f, 27
  6. ^ Ro 8:14; Ga 3:26
  7. ^ Ac 16:7; Ro 5:5; 8:9, 16; 2Co 3:17
  8. ^ Mr 14:36; Ro 8:15
  9. ^ Ro 8:17
  10. ^ 1Co 1:21; Eph 2:12; 1Th 4:5; 2Th 1:8
  11. ^ Ga 4:3
  12. ^ 2Ch 13:9; Is 37:19; Je 2:11; 1Co 8:4f; 10:20
  13. ^ 1Co 8:3
  14. ^ Col 2:20
  15. ^ Ga 4:3
  16. ^ Ro 14:5; Col 2:16
  17. ^ Ga 6:18
  18. ^ 2Co 6:11, 13
  19. ^ Mt 10:40; 1Th 2:13
  20. ^ Ga 3:26
  21. ^ Am 5:10
  22. ^ Ga 4:13f
  23. ^ 1Jo 2:1
  24. ^ 1Co 4:15
  25. ^ Eph 4:13
  26. ^ 2Co 4:8
  27. ^ Lu 16:29
  28. ^ Ge 16:15
  29. ^ Ge 21:2
  30. ^ Ro 9:7; Ga 4:29
  31. ^ Ge 17:16ff; 18:10ff; 21:1; Ga 4:28; Heb 11:11
  32. ^ 1Co 10:11
  33. ^ De 33:2
  34. ^ Ga 4:3
  35. ^ Heb 12:22; Re 3:12; 21:2, 10
  36. ^ Is 54:1
  37. ^ Ga 4:23
  38. ^ Ro 9:7ff; Ga 3:29
  39. ^ Ga 4:23
  40. ^ Ge 21:9
  41. ^ Ga 5:11
  42. ^ Ge 21:10, 12
  43. ^ Jn 8:35

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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