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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Galatians 4 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/galatians/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/galatians/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Galatians 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../galatians/3.htm" title="Galatians 3">◄</a> Galatians 4 <a href="../galatians/5.htm" title="Galatians 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/galatians/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Sonship in Christ</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now what I mean [when I talk about children and their guardians] is this: as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave even though he is the [future owner and] master of all [the estate]; <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>but he is under [the authority of] guardians and household administrators <i>or</i> managers until the date set by his father [when he is of legal age]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But when [in God’s plan] the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the [regulations of the] Law, <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>so that He might redeem <i>and</i> liberate those who were under the Law, that we [who believe] might be adopted as sons [as God’s children with all rights as fully grown members of a family]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>“Abba! Father!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore you are no longer a slave (bond-servant), but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through [the gracious act of] God [through Christ]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But at that time, when you did not know [the true] God <i>and</i> were unacquainted with Him, you [Gentiles] were slaves to those [pagan] things which by [their very] nature were not <i>and</i> could not be gods <i>at all.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again? <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>[For example,] you observe [particular] days and months and seasons and years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [to the point of exhaustion] over you in vain. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Believers, I beg of you, become as I am [free from the bondage of Jewish ritualism and ordinances], for I <i>have become</i> as you are [a Gentile]. You did me no wrong [when I first came to you; do not do it now]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>On the contrary, you know that it was because of a physical illness that I [remained and] preached the gospel to you the first time; <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and even though my physical condition was a trial to you, you did not regard it with contempt, or scorn <i>and</i> reject me; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus <i>Himself.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>What then has become of that sense of blessing <i>and</i> the joy that you once had [from your salvation and your relationship with Christ]? For I testify of you that, if possible, you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me [<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>to replace mine]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>These men [the Judaizers] eagerly seek you [to entrap you with honeyed words and attention, to win you over to their philosophy], not honorably [for their purpose is not honorable or worthy of consideration]. They want to isolate you [from us who oppose them] so that you will seek them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now it is always pleasant to be eagerly sought after [provided that it is] for a good purpose, and not just when I am with you [seeking you myself--but beware of the others doing it]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My little children, for whom I am again in [the pains of] labor until Christ is [completely and permanently] formed within you-- <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>how I wish that I were with you now and could change my tone, because I am perplexed in regard to you. <p class="hdg">Bond and Free</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, do you not listen to [what] the Law [really says]? <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman [Hagar] and one by the free woman [Sarah]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh <i>and</i> had an ordinary birth, while the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now these facts are about to be used [by me] as an allegory [that is, I will illustrate by using them]: for these <i>women</i> can represent two covenants: one [covenant originated] from Mount Sinai [where the Law was given] that bears children [destined] for slavery; she is Hagar. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now Hagar is (represents) Mount Sinai in Arabia and she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But the Jerusalem above [that is, the way of faith, represented by Sarah] is free; she is our mother. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For it is written [in the Scriptures], <p class="indent1stline">“REJOICE, O BARREN WOMAN WHO HAS NOT GIVEN BIRTH; <t><p class="indent1">BREAK FORTH INTO A [joyful] SHOUT, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR; <t><p class="indent1">FOR THE DESOLATE WOMAN HAS MANY MORE CHILDREN <t><p class="indent1">THAN SHE WHO HAS A HUSBAND.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And we, [believing] brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children [not merely of physical descent, like Ishmael, but are children born] of promise [born miraculously]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But as at that time the child [of ordinary birth] born according to the flesh persecuted the son <i>who was born</i> according to [the promise and working of] the Spirit, so it is now also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But what does the Scripture say? <t><p class="indent1">“CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN [Hagar] AND HER SON [Ishmael], <t><p class="indent1">FOR NEVER SHALL THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN BE HEIR <i>and</i> SHARE THE INHERITANCE WITH THE SON OF THE FREE WOMAN.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So then, believers, we [who are born again--reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] are not children of a slave woman [the natural], but of the free woman [the supernatural].<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> An Aramaic word used by small children when informally addressing their fathers.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” possibly afflicted his eyes in a visible way (see 2 Cor 12:7).<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../galatians/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Galatians 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Galatians 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../galatians/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Galatians 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Galatians 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>