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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 Mace New Testament</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" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">Mace</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">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/galatians/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Sons and Heirs<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, is in a state of servitude, tho' he is to be lord of all; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>being under tutors and guardians, 'till the time prefix'd by his father. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>even so we, whilst we were children, were in a state of servitude to the elements of the world, but when the time appointed was accomplished, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>God sent forth his own son born of a woman, and subject to the law, to redeem those, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and because ye are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts, crying Abba, that is, father; <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>so that thou art no longer a bond servant, but a son: and if a son, then an heir of God thro' Christ.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Concern for the Galatians<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When you did not know God, you did service to those, who in reality are no Gods; but now that you know God, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>or rather that you are favoured by him, how can ye turn again to the weak and beggarly elements of the law, to which you desire again to be in bondage? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>observing as you do, the days, the moons, the feasts and years. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>you make me apprehensive, that the labour I have bestowed upon you will be all in vain.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I beseech you, brethren, be as I am, for I was as you are. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>It is not you that have done me any injury: tho' you knew through what infirmity of the flesh I heretofore preached the gospel to you, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>yet you did not despise me for the trial which attended my person, nor treated me with scorn; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>what benedictions did you then pour out upon me! for I bear you witness, that, had it been practicable, you would have pulled out your very eyes, and given them to me. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>am I now become your enemy in continuing to tell you the truth? <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>they court your affection, but not in a fair way; for they design to exclude me, that you might have the greater esteem for them. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>but it is just you should cultivate my affection for you upon all proper occasions, and not only when I am present with you. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>my dear children, how am I in pain, till Christ be formed in you? <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I wish I could be present this very moment with you, and suit my discourse accordingly, for I stand in doubt what to think of you.<p> <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">Hagar and Sarah<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But tell me, you that are so willing to be under the law, why don't you consider the law? <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>for it is there written, Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>he, who was of the bond-woman, was born according to the ordinary course of nature; but he, who was of the free-woman, was born by virtue of the promise. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>these things have an allegorical meaning: the two women signify the two covenants, the one from mount Sinai, which is represented by Agar, whose children were born in a state of servitude. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>this Agar answers to the Jerusalem now in being, for she is in servitude with her children: <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>but the heavenly Jerusalem is represented by the free-woman, who is the mother of us all.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>for it is written, "rejoice thou barren, that bearest not; break out into loud acclamations, thou that hast not the travels of childbirth, for more are the children of the desolate, than of her that hath an husband."<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now we, my brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of the promise. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>but as then, he that was born in the ordinary course of nature, persecuted him, who was born by an extraordinary power; even so it is now.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>but what saith the scripture? "cast out the bond-woman and her son; for the son of the bond-woman shall not share the inheritance with the son of the free-woman."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>so then, my brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free-woman, by virtue of that freedom which Christ has procur'd for us.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<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 id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>