Galatians 4:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And I say, that the heyre, as long as he is a chylde, differeth nothyng from a seruaut, though he be Lorde of all,

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  • Gal 4:23 : 23 But he which was of the bonde woman, was borne after the fleshe: but he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.
  • Gal 4:29 : 29 But as then he that was borne after the fleshe, persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite: euen so is it now.
  • Gen 24:2-3 : 2 And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaut of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had: put thy hande vnder my thigh: 3 And I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites, amongest which I dwel:
  • 2 Kgs 10:1-2 : 1 Ahab had threescore & ten sonnes in Samaria: And Iehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, vnto the rulers of Iezrahel, to the elders, and to them that brought vp Ahabs children, saying: 2 Nowe when this letter commeth to you (ye that haue with you your maisters sonnes, ye haue with you both charets and horses, a strong citie haue ye also, and harnesse)
  • 2 Kgs 11:12 : 12 And he brought out the kinges sonne, and put the crowne vpon him, and delyuered him the witnesse, & made him king, & annoynted him: And they clapt their handes, and saide: God saue the king.
  • 2 Kgs 12:2 : 2 And he did that which was good in the sight of the Lorde, as long as Iehoiada the priest enfourmed him.

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  • Gal 4:2-3
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    2 But is vnder tuters and gouernours, vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father.

    3 Euen so we, when we were chyldren, were in bondage vnder ye rudimentes of the worlde:

  • Gal 4:5-7
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    5 To redeeme them that were vnder the lawe, that we myght receaue the adoption of chyldren.

    6 Because ye are sonnes, God hath sent the spirite of his sonne into your heartes, crying, Abba, father.

    7 Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.

  • Gal 4:28-31
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    28 But brethren, we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise.

    29 But as then he that was borne after the fleshe, persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite: euen so is it now.

    30 Neuerthelesse, what saith the scripture? put away the bondwoman and her sonne: For the sonne of the bondwoman, shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.

    31 So then brethren, we are not chyldren of the bonde woman, but of the free.

  • Gal 4:21-24
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    21 Tell me, ye that desire to be vnder the lawe, do ye not heare the lawe?

    22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, the one by a bonde mayde, the other by a free woman:

    23 But he which was of the bonde woman, was borne after the fleshe: but he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.

    24 Which thynges are spoken by an allegorie. For these are two testamentes: the one from the mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage, which is Agar.

  • 35 And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer.

  • 16 Not nowe as a seruaunt, but aboue a seruaunt, a brother beloued, specially to me: but howe much more vnto thee, both in the fleshe, and in the Lorde?

  • 17 If we be sonnes, then are we also heyres, the heyres of God, and ioyntheyres with Christe: So that we suffer together, that we may be also glorified together.

  • 21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

  • 44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.

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    21 Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather.

    22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt.

  • 26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister.

  • 1 Maisters, do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust & equall, knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen.

  • 2 A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren.

  • 53 And he shalbe with hym yere by yere as an hired seruaunt: and the other shal not raigne cruelly ouer him in thy sight.

  • 47 Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.

  • Rom 4:13-14
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    13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde, was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe, but through the ryghteousnes of fayth.

    14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres, then is fayth but vayne, and the promise of none effect:

  • Gal 3:25-26
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    25 But after that fayth is come, we are no longer vnder a scholemaister.

    26 For ye are all the chyldren of God by fayth in Christe Iesu.

  • Gen 15:3-4
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    3 And Abram saide: See, to me thou hast geuen no seede: lo borne in my house is myne heire.

    4 And beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym, saying, he shall not be thine heire: but one that shall come out of thine own bowels shalbe thine heire.

  • 29 If ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heyres accordyng to the promise.

  • 1 Knowe, ye not brethre (for I speake to the that knowe the lawe) how that the law hath power ouer a ma, as long as he lyueth?

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

    8 And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?

  • 29 He aunswered and sayde to his father: Lo, these many yeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any tyme thy commaundement, and yet thou neuer gauest me a kidde to make mery with my friendes:

  • 1 Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.

  • 15 Brethren, I speake after ye maner of men: Though it be but a mans testamet, yet if it be alowed, no man reiecteth it, or addeth therto.

  • 31 And he sayde vnto hym: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue, is thyne,

  • Eccl 4:13-14
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    13 A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

    14 Some one commeth out of prison, and is made a kyng: and another which is borne in the kyngdome, commeth vnto pouertie.

  • 7 The ryche ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruaunt to the lender.

  • 11 When I was a chylde, I spake as a childe, I vnderstode as a childe, I imagined as a chylde: But assoone as I was a man, I put away chyldishnesse.

  • 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

  • 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace, that the promise myght be sure to all ye seede, not to that only which is of the lawe, but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham, which is the father of vs al.

  • 4 And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.

  • 15 For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell.

  • 22 Ye knowe the profe of hym, that as a sonne with the father, he hath serued with me in the Gospell.

  • 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare: but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption, wherby we cry, Abba, father.

  • 8 But yf ye be without chastisment, wherof all are partakers, then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes.