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¹ But I say: - for as long a time as, the heir, is an infant, he differeth, nothing, from a servant, though, lord of all,² But is, under guardians, and stewards, until the day fore-appointed of the father:³ So also, we, when we were infants, under the elementary principles of the world, were held in servitude;⁴ But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, who came to be of a woman, who came to be under law, - ⁵ That, them who were under law, he might redeem, that, the sonship, we might duly receive; - ⁶ And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, exclaiming, Abba! Oh Father!⁷ So that, no longer, art thou a servant, but a son; and, if a son, an heir also, through God.

⁸ But, at that time - not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;⁹ Whereas, now, having acknowledged God, - or rather, having been acknowledged by God, how turn ye back again unto the weak and beggarly elementary principles, unto which, over again, ye are wishing, to come into servitude? ¹⁰ Days, ye do narrowly observer, and months, and seasons, and years: - ¹¹ I am afraid of you - lest by any means, in vain, I should have toiled for you!

¹² Become ye as, I, because, I also, was as, ye, - brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged me.¹³ Howbeit ye know that, by reason of a weakness of the flesh, I myself announced the glad-message unto you, formerly;¹⁴ And, your trial, in my flesh, ye despised not, neither spat ye in disgust , but, as a messenger of God, ye welcomed me - as Christ Jesus.¹⁵ Where, then, is the happiness ye accounted yours? For I bear you witness - that, if possible, your eyes, ye would have dug out, and given unto me.¹⁶ So then, your enemy, have I become, by dealing truthfully with you?

¹⁷ They shew a zeal for you, not honourably, but wish, to shut you out, in order that ye may be zealous for, them.¹⁸ Howbeit it is, honourable, to show zeal in what is honourable at all times, and not only when I am present with you; -

¹⁹ My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you; - ²⁰ I could wish, however, to be present with you, even now, and to change my voice, - because I am perplexed regarding you.

²¹ Tell me! ye who, under law, are wishing to be: The law, do ye not hear?²² For it is written, that, Abraham, had two sons - one by the bondmaid, and one by the free woman;²³ But, he that was of the bondmaid, after the flesh, had been born, whereas, he that was of the free woman, through means of a promise.²⁴ Which things, indeed, may bear another meaning; for, the same, are two covenants, - one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, into bondage, bringing forth, the which is Hagar, - ²⁵ And, the Hagar, is Mount Sinai, in Arabia, - she answereth, however, unto the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children;²⁶ But, the Jerusalem above, is free, - the which is our mother;²⁷ For it is written - Be gladdened, O barren one! that wast not giving birth, break forth and shout, thou that wast not in birth-pains, - because, more, are the children of the deserted one, than of her that had the husband.²⁸ And, we, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of a promise.²⁹ But, just as, then, he that after the manner of the flesh had been born, did persecute him who had been born after the manner of the Spirit, thus, also now.³⁰ But, what saith the scripture? Cast out the serving woman and her son; for in nowise shall the son of the serving woman inherit with the son of the free.³¹ Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a serving woman, but of the free: -