Galatians 4:28-31

English Standard Version

²⁸Now you,^[a] brothers, ^(A)like Isaac, ^(B)are children of promise. ²⁹But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh ^(C)persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, ^(D)so also it is now. ³⁰But what does the Scripture say? ^(E)“Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” ³¹So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but ^(F)of the free woman.

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New International Version

²⁸Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.^(A) ²⁹At that time the son born according to the flesh^(B) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.^(C) It is the same now. ³⁰But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”^[a]^(D) ³¹Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman,^(E) but of the free woman.^(F)