23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.


In Context

20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

Galatians 4:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:23His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:23But he who was of the bondwoman, was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman, was by promise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:23Howbeit the'son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the'son by the freewoman is born through promise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23But he that was of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he that was of the free woman through the promise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:23Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23But he who was of the bond-woman, was born according to the flesh; but he of the free-woman was by promise.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23but he who is of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who is of the free-woman, through the promise;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23But he who was of the female slave was born after the flesh; but he of the free woman was by promise.