Parallel Verses
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.
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
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.
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.
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 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry "Abba! our Father!" 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir also through God's own act. 8 But at one time, you Gentiles, having no knowledge of God, were slaves to gods which in reality do not exist.
Cross References
Romans 8:16-17
The Spirit Himself bears witness, along with our own spirits, to the fact that we are children of God;
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
Therefore let no one boast about his human teachers.
2 Corinthians 6:16-18
And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? For *we* are the Temple of the ever-living God; as God has said, "I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; and will be their God, and it is they who shall be My people."
Galatians 3:26
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;
Galatians 3:29-2
And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise.
Galatians 4:5-6
in order to purchase the freedom of all who were subject to Law, so that we might receive recognition as sons.
Galatians 4:31-1
Therefore, brethren, since we are not the children of a slave-girl, but of the free woman--
Revelation 21:7
All this shall be the heritage of him who overcomes, and I will be his God and he shall be one of My sons.