Galatians 4:23

But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, ¹  while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.

biblegateway Gal 4:23

His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.

biblegateway Gal 4:23

But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise.

biblegateway Gal 4:23

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.

biblegateway Gal 4:23

The son of the slave woman was born by human connivance; the son of the free woman was born by God's promise.

SABDAweb Gal 4:23

Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

bibleoremus Gal 4:23

One, the child of the slave, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born through the promise.

biblegateway Gal 4:23

But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise,

biblegateway Gal 4:23

But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, ¹  while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.

¹ tn Grk “born according to the flesh”; BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4 has “Of natural descent τὰ τέκνα τῆς σαρκός children by natural descent Ro 9:8 (opp. τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας). ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται Gal 4:23; cp. vs. 29.”