<vn='1'><sn="1161">Now</s> I <sn="3004">say</s>, That <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2818">heir</s>, as long <sn="3745">as</s><sn="*5550">he</s><sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="3516">child</s>, <sn="1308">differeth</s><sn="3762">nothing</s> from a <sn="1401">servant</s>, though he <sn="5607">be</s><sn="2962">lord</s> of <sn="3956">all</s>; </v>
<vn='2'><sn="235">But</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="5259">under</s><sn="2012">tutors</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3623">governors</s><sn="891">until</s><sn="3588">the</s> time <sn="4287">appointed</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">father</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2532">Even</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="2249">we</s>, <sn="3753">when</s> we <sn="2258">were</s><sn="3516">children</s>, <sn="2258">were</s> in <sn="1402">bondage</s><sn="5259">under</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4747">elements</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3753">when</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4138">fullness</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5550">time</s> was <sn="2064">come</s>, <sn="2316">God</s> sent <sn="1821">forth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="5207">Son</s>, <sn="1096">made</s><sn="1537">of</s> a <sn="1135">woman</s>, <sn="1096">made</s><sn="5259">under</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>, </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2443">To</s><sn="1805">redeem</s><sn="3588">them</s> that were <sn="5259">under</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we might <sn="618">receive</s><sn="3588">the</s> adoption of <sn="5206">sons</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3754">because</s> ye <sn="2075">are</s><sn="5207">sons</s>, <sn="2316">God</s> hath sent <sn="1821">forth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="5207">Son</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>, <sn="2896">crying</s>, <sn="5">Abba</s>, <sn="3962">Father</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5620">Wherefore</s> thou <sn="1488">art</s> no <sn="3765">more</s> a <sn="1401">servant</s>, <sn="235">but</s> a <sn="5207">son</s>; <sn="1161">and</s><sn="1487">if</s> a <sn="5207">son</s>, <sn="2532">then</s> an <sn="2818">heir</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="235">Howbeit</s><sn="5119">then</s>, <sn="*3303">when</s> ye <sn="1492">knew</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2316">God</s>, ye did <sn="1398">service</s> unto them which by <sn="5449">nature</s><sn="5607">are</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="2316">gods</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3568">now</s>, after that ye have <sn="1097">known</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="1161">or</s><sn="3123">rather</s> are <sn="1097">known</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="4459">how</s><sn="1994">turn</s> ye <sn="3825">again</s><sn="1909">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="772">weak</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4434">beggarly</s><sn="4747">elements</s>, <sn="3739">whereunto</s><sn="*3825">ye</s><sn="2309">desire</s><sn="509">again</s> to be in <sn="1398">bondage</s>? </v>
<vn='11'>I am <sn="5399">afraid</s> of <sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="3381">lest</s> I have bestowed upon you <sn="2872 1519 5209">labor</s> in <sn="1500">vain</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="80">Brethren</s>, I <sn="1189">beseech</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="1096">be</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="1473">I</s> am; <sn="3754">for</s><sn="2504">I</s> am <sn="5613">as</s><sn="5210">ye</s> are: ye have not injured me at <sn="3762 91 3165">all</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="*1161">Ye</s><sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">how</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="769">infirmity</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s> I preached the <sn="2097">gospel</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s> at the <sn="4386">first</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3986">temptation</s><sn="3588">which</s> was <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="4561">flesh</s> ye <sn="1848">despised</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="3761">nor</s><sn="1609">rejected</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="1209">received</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="5613">as</s> an <sn="32">angel</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, even <sn="5613">as</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="5101">Where</s><sn="2258">is</s><sn="3767">then</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3108">blessedness</s><sn="5216">ye</s> spake of? <sn="1063">for</s> I bear you <sn="3140 5213">record</s>, <sn="3754">that</s>, <sn="1487">if</s> it had been <sn="1415">possible</s>, ye would have plucked <sn="1846 302">out</s> your <sn="5216">own</s><sn="3788">eyes</s>, and have <sn="1325">given</s> them to <sn="3427">me</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Am I <sn="5620">therefore</s><sn="1096">become</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2190">enemy</s>, because I tell you the <sn="226 5213">truth</s>? </v>
<vn='17'>They zealously <sn="2206">affect</s><sn="5209">you</s>, but <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2573">well</s>; <sn="235">yea</s>, they <sn="2309">would</s><sn="1576">exclude</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye might <sn="2206">affect</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1161">But</s> it is <sn="2570">good</s> to be zealously <sn="2206">affected</s><sn="3842">always</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="2570">good</s> thing, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="3440">only</s> when <sn="3165">I</s> am <sn="3918">present</s><sn="4314">with</s><sn="5209">you</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3450">My</s> little <sn="5040">children</s>, of <sn="3739">whom</s> I travail in <sn="5605">birth</s><sn="3825">again</s><sn="891 3757">until</s><sn="*5547">Christ</s> be <sn="3445">formed</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, </v>
<vn='20'><sn="*1161">I</s><sn="2309">desire</s> to be <sn="3918">present</s><sn="4314">with</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="737">now</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="236">change</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="5456">voice</s>; <sn="3754">for</s> I stand in <sn="639">doubt</s><sn="1722">of</s><sn="5213">you</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3004">Tell</s><sn="3427">me</s>, ye that <sn="2309">desire</s> to <sn="1511">be</s><sn="5259">under</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>, do ye <sn="3756">not</s><sn="191">hear</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>? </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1063">For</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="2192">had</s><sn="1417">two</s><sn="5207">sons</s>, the <sn="1520">one</s><sn="1537">by</s> a <sn="3814">bondmaid</s>, <sn="*2532">the</s><sn="1520">other</s><sn="1537">by</s> a <sn="1658">freewoman</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="235">But</s><sn="3588 3303">he</s> who was <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3814">bondwoman</s> was <sn="1080">born</s><sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1658">freewoman</s> was <sn="1223">by</s><sn="1860">promise</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Which <sn="3748">things</s><sn="2076">are</s> an <sn="238">allegory</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3778">these</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1417">two</s><sn="1242">covenants</s>; the <sn="3391 3303">one</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="3735">mount</s><sn="4614">Sinai</s>, which <sn="1080">engendereth</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="1397">bondage</s>, <sn="3748">which</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="28">Hagar</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1063">For</s> this <sn="28">Hagar</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3735">mount</s><sn="4614">Sinai</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="688">Arabia</s>, <sn="1161">and</s> answereth <sn="4960">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s> which <sn="3568">now</s> is, <sn="1161">and</s> is in <sn="1398">bondage</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="5043">children</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s> which is <sn="507">above</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1658">free</s>, <sn="3748">which</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="3384">mother</s> of <sn="2257">us</s><sn="3956">all</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="1063">For</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, <sn="2165">Rejoice</s>, thou <sn="4723">barren</s> that <sn="5088">bearest</s><sn="3756">not</s>; break <sn="4486">forth</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="994">cry</s>, thou that <sn="5605">travailest</s><sn="3756">not</s>; <sn="3754">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2048">desolate</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="3123">more</s><sn="5043">children</s><sn="2228">than</s> she which <sn="2192">hath</s> a <sn="435">husband</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="2249">we</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2596">as</s><sn="2464">Isaac</s> was, <sn="2070">are</s> the <sn="5043">children</s> of <sn="1860">promise</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="235">But</s><sn="5618">as</s><sn="5119">then</s> he that was <sn="1080">born</s><sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s><sn="1377">persecuted</s><sn="3588">him</s> that was born <sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="4151">Spirit</s>, <sn="2532">even</s><sn="3779">so</s> it is <sn="3568">now</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="235">Nevertheless</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="3004">saith</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1124">Scripture</s>? Cast <sn="1544">out</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3814">bondwoman</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">her</s><sn="5207">son</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">son</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3814">bondwoman</s> shall <sn="3364">not</s> be <sn="2816">heir</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">son</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1658">freewoman</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>So <sn="686">then</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, we <sn="2070">are</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="5043">children</s> of the <sn="3814">bondwoman</s>, <sn="235">but</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1658">free</s>. </v>