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Galatians 4:29

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4:29But just as at that time the one born by natural descent41 persecuted the one born according to the Spirit,42 so it is now.

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Grk “according to the flesh”; see the note on the phrase “by natural descent” in .
  2. 42 Or “the one born by the Spirit’s [power].”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But just as then the child born as a result of the flesh persecuted the one born as a result of the Spirit, so also now.

NLTNew Living Translation

But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But just as at that time the child born according to human descent persecuted the child born according to the Spirit, so also now.

KJV 1900King James Version

But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.