Textus Receptus Bibles
Revised Young's Literal Translation
New Testament
| 4:1 | And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differs nothing from a servant -- being lord of all, |
| 4:2 | but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father, |
| 4:3 | so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude, |
| 4:4 | and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, |
| 4:5 | that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive; |
| 4:6 | and because you are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father!' |
| 4:7 | so that you are no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ. |
| 4:8 | But then, indeed, not having known God, you were in servitude to those not by nature gods, |
| 4:9 | and now, having known God -- and rather being known by God -- how turn you again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew you desire to be in servitude? |
| 4:10 | days you observe, and months, and times, and years! |
| 4:11 | I am afraid for you, lest in vain I did labour toward you. |
| 4:12 | Become as I am -- because I also am as you brethren, I beseech you; to me you did no hurt, |
| 4:13 | and you have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first, |
| 4:14 | and my trial that is in my flesh you did not despise nor reject, but as a messenger of God you did receive me -- as Christ Jesus; |
| 4:15 | what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, you would have given to me; |
| 4:16 | so that your enemy have I become, being true to you? |
| 4:17 | they are zealous for you -- yet not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them you may be zealous; |
| 4:18 | and it is good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you; |
| 4:19 | my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you, |
| 4:20 | and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you. |
| 4:21 | Tell me, you who are willing to be under law, the law do you not hear? |
| 4:22 | for it has been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman, |
| 4:23 | but he who is of the maid-servant, according to flesh has been, and he who is of the free-woman, through the promise; |
| 4:24 | which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar; |
| 4:25 | for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and does correspond to the Jerusalem that now is, and is in servitude with her children, |
| 4:26 | and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all, |
| 4:27 | for it has been written, 'Rejoice, O barren, who are not bearing; break forth and cry, you who are not travailing, because many are the children of the desolate -- more than of her having the husband.' |
| 4:28 | And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise, |
| 4:29 | but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now; |
| 4:30 | but what saith the Writing? 'Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;' |
| 4:31 | then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's. |
Revised Young's Literal Translation
The Revised Young's Literal Translation (RYLT) is a project by students at the Auburn University of Alabama. The RYLT is a modern English update of Young's Literal Translation (YLT). RYLT is an attempt to update the YLT's language to make it easier to understand. Although the RYLT is labelled as a work in progress and is public domain. As of October 2000, only the NT is available.