Galatians 4:1

WEB

¹But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,

KJV

¹Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

BSB

¹What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.

FBV

¹Let me explain what I'm saying. An heir who is underage is no different from a slave, even though the heir may be the owner of everything.

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Extra References

Galatians 4:29

²⁹But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

Galatians 4:23

²³However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

²Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh. ³I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

2 Kings 11:12

¹²Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”

2 Kings 12:2

²Jehoash did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2 Kings 10:1-2

¹Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up Ahab’s sons, saying, ²“Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor,