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


In Context

20 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law?

22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.

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

24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

Galatians 4:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by promise.

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 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.