Galatians 4:1
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
KJV
Λέγω δέ, ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον ὁ κληρονόμος νήπιός ἐστιν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου κύριος πάντων ὤν,
Greek NT
Dico autem : quanto tempore hæres parvulus est, nihil differt a servo, cum sit dominus omnium :
Vulgate
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;
ASV
As long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαφέρω
diaphero
verb · 13×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κληρονόμος
kleronomos
noun · 15×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νήπιος
nepios
adjective · 14×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χρόνος
chronos
noun · 54×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1972The New Law is called a law of love because it makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear; a law of grace, because it confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and the sacraments; a law of freedom, because it sets us free from the ritual and juridical observances of the Old Law, inclines us to act spontaneously by the prompting …
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 13:11 — When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
- Col 2:14 — Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
- Gal 3:19 — Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- Gal 3:23 — But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
- Gal 3:25 — But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
- Gal 4:23 — But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
- Gal 4:29 — But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.