Galatians 4:23

NETBible

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

NIV ©

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.

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

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.

MSG ©

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

BBE ©

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.

NRSV ©

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.

NKJV ©

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


KJV
But
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he
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[who was] of
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the bondwoman
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was born
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after
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but
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he of
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the freewoman
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[was] by
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promise
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NASB ©

But the son by the bondwoman
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was born
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according
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to the flesh
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, and the son by the free
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woman
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through
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the promise
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.
NET [draft] ITL
But
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one, the son by
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the slave woman
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, was born
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by
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natural descent
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, while the other, the son by
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the free woman
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, was born through
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the promise
<1860>
.
GREEK
all
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CONJ
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T-NSM
[men]
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PRT
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PREP
thv
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T-GSF
paidiskhv
<3814>
N-GSF
kata
<2596>
PREP
sarka
<4561>
N-ASF
gegennhtai
<1080> (5769)
V-RPI-3S
o
<3588>
T-NSM
de
<1161>
CONJ
ek
<1537>
PREP
thv
<3588>
T-GSF
eleuyerav
<1658>
A-GSF
di
<1223>
PREP
epaggeliav
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N-GSF

NETBible

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

NET Notes

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.”