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Galatians 4:23

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23But gthe son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while hthe son of the free woman was born through promise.

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Cross references

  1. gver. 29; [Rom. 9:7]
  2. hver. 28; Gen. 17:16–19; 18:10, 14; 21:1, 2; Heb. 11:11

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the one by the slave was born as a result of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born through promise.

NLTNew Living Translation

The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But the one by the female slave was born according to human descent, and the one by the free woman through the promise,

KJV 1900King James Version

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