Galatians 4:31 KJV — MannaFest

Galatians 4:31

So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

KJV

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ASV

Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

WEB

Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

YLT

then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's.

DBT

So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but [children] of the free woman.

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Galatians — Paul's gospel defended against a different gospel. Biography, then argument, then ethics — the Magna Carta of Christian liberty.

Author: Paul (1:1), no co-sender
Date: c. AD 48–49 (south-Galatia view) or c. AD 53–55 (north-Galatia view)

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Cross-references

9 verses on the floor

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians 4:7
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
John 8:36
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 1:12–13
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

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In Ga 3:29 and Ga 4:7, it was established that we, New Testament believers, are "heirs." If, then, we are heirs, "we are not children of the bond woman (whose son, according to Scripture, was 'not to be heir,' Ga 4:30), but of the free woman (whose son was, according to Scripture, to be heir).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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G381413× in canon G165823× in canon G504399× in canon G80343× in canon

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GAL 4:31GAL 5:1 2CO 3:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GAL 4:31GAL 5:1 1PE 2:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GAL 4:31GAL 5:1 GAL 5:13
GAL 4:31JHN 8:36 GAL 5:1
GAL 4:31GAL 5:1 ROM 6:14
GAL 4:31JHN 8:36 ROM 8:2
GAL 4:31GAL 5:1 JHN 8:32-36
GAL 4:31GAL 5:13 1CO 9:19

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