Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Therefore, brothers, we [Christians] are not the [spiritual] children of the slave woman [Hagar] but of the free woman [Sarah].
New American Standard Bible
So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman,
King James Version
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Holman Bible
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.
International Standard Version
So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.
A Conservative Version
So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant girl, but of the freewoman.
American Standard Version
Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.
Amplified
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].
Anderson New Testament
Therefore, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free- woman.
Bible in Basic English
So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.
Common New Testament
So then, brethren, we are not children of the slave, but of the free woman.
Daniel Mace New Testament
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.
Darby Translation
So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but children of the free woman.
Goodspeed New Testament
So, brothers, we are children not of a slave but of one who is free.
John Wesley New Testament
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free.
Julia Smith Translation
Therefore, brethren, we are not children of the bondmaid, but of the free.
King James 2000
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the female slave but of the free woman.
Modern King James verseion
Then, brothers, we are not children of a slave-woman, but of the free woman.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman: but of the freewoman.
Moffatt New Testament
Hence we are children of no slave-woman, my brothers, but of the free-woman,
Montgomery New Testament
So, brothers, we are the children of no slave woman, but of free woman. For freedom did not Christ set us free;
NET Bible
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.
New Heart English Bible
So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.
Noyes New Testament
So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the freewoman.
Sawyer New Testament
Wherefore, brothers, we are not children of the servant woman, but of the free.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a serving woman, but of the free: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And so, Brothers, we are not children of a slave, but of her who is free.
Webster
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free.
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore, brethren, since we are not the children of a slave-girl, but of the free woman--
Williams New Testament
So, brothers, we are children, not of a slave girl but of a free woman.
World English Bible
So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.
Worrell New Testament
Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a bond-woman, but of the free-woman.
Worsley New Testament
Now we, my brethren, are not children of the servant, but of the free-woman.
Youngs Literal Translation
then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's.
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Word Count of 36 Translations in Galatians 4:31
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Hagar And Sarah Represent Two Covenants
30 What does the Scripture say about this matter? [It says, Gen. 21:10-12], "Get rid of the slave woman [Hagar], with her son [Ishmael]; for the son of the slave woman [Ishmael] will not inherit [what God promised to Abraham and his descendants], along with the son of the free woman [i.e., Isaac]." 31 Therefore, brothers, we [Christians] are not the [spiritual] children of the slave woman [Hagar] but of the free woman [Sarah].
Cross References
John 1:12-13
But He gave all those who did welcome Him the opportunity of becoming children of God by believing in His name [i.e., as the Messiah].
John 8:36
Therefore, if the Son sets you free [from sin], you will be truly free.
Galatians 5:1
Christ set us free [from condemnation under the law of Moses], so we could stay free! Remain where you are then, and do not get tangled up again in the enslaving harness [of the law of Moses].
Galatians 5:13
For you brothers were called [by God] to enjoy your freedom; but do not use this freedom as an excuse for living a sinful life; instead, use it to render loving service to each other.
Hebrews 2:14-15
Therefore, since the children share in [bodies of] flesh and blood, Christ also, in the same way, took on a human body so that, through His death, He could destroy [the dominion of] him who had the power to cause death, that is, the devil.
1 John 3:1-2
Look at how much love the Father has shown to us [Christians], that we should be called His children! But, that is what we [really] are! The reason the people of the world do not know who we are is because they do not know who God [really] is.