Galatians 4:23
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
KJV
ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας διὰ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας.
Greek NT
Sed qui de ancilla, secundum carnem natus est : qui autem de libera, per repromissionem :
Vulgate
Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise.
ASV
But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman was by promise.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γεννάω
gennao
verb · 97×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
παιδίσκη
paidiske
noun · 13×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐλεύθερος
eleutheros
adjective · 23×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: δι᾽ | WH/Treg/NIV: δι᾽ | RP: διὰ τῆς
- δι᾽ — SBLGNT
- δι᾽ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- διὰ τῆς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gal 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;
- Gal 4:28 — Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
- Gal 4:28 — Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of 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.
- Gen 17:15 — And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
- Gen 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
- Gen 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
- Gen 21:1 — And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
- Gen 21:1 — And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
- Heb 11:11 — Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Rom 9:7 — Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
- Rom 9:7 — Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.