We were under the law till Christ came, as the heir is under the guardian till he be of age. |
But Christ freed us from the law; |
therefore we are servants no longer to it. |
12 Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγὼ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε· 13 οἴδατε δὲ ὅτι δι’ ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὁ πρότερον, |
Paul remembers the Galatians' good will to him, and his to them; |
21 Λέγετε μοι, οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι, τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε; |
and shows that we are the sons of Abraham by the freewoman. |
22 γέγραπται
γὰρ
ὅτι
Ἀβραὰμ
δύο
υἱοὺς
ἔσχεν,
ἕνα
ἐκ
τῆς
παιδίσκης
καὶ
ἕνα
ἐκ
τῆς
ἐλευθέρας.
23 ἀλλ’
ὁ
μὲν
ἐκ
τῆς
παιδίσκης
κατὰ
σάρκα
γεγέννηται,
ὁ
δὲ
ἐκ
τῆς
ἐλεύθερας
δι’
ἐπαγγελίας.
24 ἅτινα
ἐστιν
ἀλληγορούμενα
αὐταὶ
γάρ
εἰσιν
δύο
διαθῆκαι,
μία
μὲν
ἀπὸ
ὄρους
Σινᾶ
εἰς
δουλείαν
γεννῶσα,
ἥτις
ἐστιν
Ἁγάρ.
25 τὸ
δὲ
Ἁγὰρ
Σινᾶ
ὄρος
ἐστιν
ἐν
τῇ
Ἀραβίᾳ·
συστοιχεῖ
δὲ
τῇ
νῦν
Ἰερουσαλήμ,
δουλεύει
γὰρ
μετὰ
τῶν
τέκνων
αὐτῆς.
26 ἡ
δὲ
ἄνω
Ἰερουσαλήμ
ἐλευθέρα
ἐστιν,
ἥτις
ἐστιν
μήτηρ
ἡμῶν·
27 γέγραπται
γὰρ·
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εὐφράνθητι, στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα, |
ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον, ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα· |
ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον |
ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα. |