Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if you are a child, then you are also an heir because of what God did.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and
King James Version
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Holman Bible
So you are no longer a slave
A Conservative Version
So that thou are no longer a bondman but a son, and if a son, then an heir through Christ.
American Standard Version
So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
Amplified
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].
An Understandable Version
So [now], you are no longer a slave but a child, and since you are a child, you also will receive an inheritance through [the blessings of] God.
Anderson New Testament
So, then, you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God, through Christ.
Bible in Basic English
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
Common New Testament
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so that thou art no longer a bond servant, but a son: and if a son, then an heir of God thro' Christ.
Darby Translation
So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.
Goodspeed New Testament
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir, made so by God.
John Wesley New Testament
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Julia Smith Translation
So that thou art no more a servant, but a son: and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
King James 2000
Therefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Lexham Expanded Bible
so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.
Modern King James verseion
So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore now art thou not a servant, but a son. If thou be the son, thou art also the heir of God through Christ.
Moffatt New Testament
So you are servant no longer but son, and as son you are also heir, all owing to God.
Montgomery New Testament
So each one of you is no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir, too, through God's grace.
NET Bible
So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.
New Heart English Bible
So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.
Noyes New Testament
So then thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
Sawyer New Testament
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, also an heir of God.
The Emphasized Bible
So that, no longer, art thou a servant, but a son; and, if a son, an heir also, through God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Therefore thou art no more a slave, but a son, and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You, therefore, are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, then an heir also, by God's appointment.
Webster
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir also through God's own act.
Williams New Testament
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir by God's own act.
World English Bible
So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Worrell New Testament
So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, also an heir through God.
Worsley New Testament
So that thou art no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ.
Youngs Literal Translation
so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
Themes
Adoption » Entitles to an inheritance
Holy spirit » The holy spirit being sent by God
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Sending and those sent » The holy spirit being sent by God
Servants » Who is not a mere servant
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Word Count of 36 Translations in Galatians 4:7
Images Galatians 4:7
Prayers for Galatians 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
No Longer Slaves But Sons And Heirs
6 Now because you are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts to cry out, "Abba! Father!" 7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if you are a child, then you are also an heir because of what God did. 8 However, in the past, when you did not know God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all.
Cross References
Genesis 15:1
Some time later, a message came from the LORD to Abram in a vision. "Stop being afraid, Abram," he said. "I myself your shield am your very great reward."
Genesis 17:7-8
I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, and with your descendants who come after you, generation after generation, as an eternal covenant, to be your God and your descendants' God after you.
Psalm 16:5
The LORD is my inheritance and my cup; you support my lot.
Psalm 73:26
My body and mind may fail, but God is my strength and my portion forever.
Jeremiah 10:16
The Portion of Jacob is not like these. He made everything, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.
Jeremiah 31:33
"Rather, this is the covenant that I'll make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD. "I'll put my Law within them and will write it on their hearts. I'll be their God and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 32:38-41
They'll be my people, and I'll be their God.
Lamentations 3:24
"The LORD is all I have," says my soul, "Therefore I will trust in him."
Romans 8:16-17
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
So let no one boast about human beings, since everything belongs to you,
2 Corinthians 6:16-18
What agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
Galatians 3:26
For all of you are God's children through faith in the Messiah Jesus.
Galatians 3:29-2
And if you belong to the Messiah, then you are Abraham's descendants indeed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 4:5-6
in order to redeem those who were under the Law, and thus to adopt them as his children.
Galatians 4:31-1
So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.
Revelation 21:7
The person who conquers will inherit these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.