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\v 12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong. \v 12 I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I also have become like you. You did me no wrong.
\v 13 But you know that it was because of a physical illness that I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time. \v 13 But you know that it was because of a physical illness that I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time.
\v 14 Though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead you received me as an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself. \v 14 Though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
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\v 15 Where, therefore, is now your happiness? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me. \v 15 Where, then, is your blessing now? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me.
\v 16 So then, have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth? \v 16 So then, have I become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?
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\v 17 They passionately seek you, but for no good. They want to separate you from me so you will follow them. \v 17 They are zealous to win you over, but for no good. They want to shut you out, so you may be zealous for them.
\v 18 It is always good to be passionate for good reasons, and not only when I am present with you. \v 18 It is always good to be zealous for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you.
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\v 19 My little children, I am suffering labor pains for you again until Christ is formed in you. \v 19 My little children, again I am in the pains of childbirth for you until Christ is formed in you.
\v 20 I would like to be present there with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you. \v 20 I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
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\v 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear what the law says? \v 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to law?
\v 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. \v 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave girl and one by the free woman.
\v 23 However, the one by the slave was born only by the flesh, but the one by the free woman was born by a promise. \v 23 But the one was born by the slave girl according to the flesh, but the other was born by the free woman through promise.
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\v 24 These things can be explained using an allegory, for these women are like two covenants. One of them is from Mount Sinai. She gives birth to children who are slaves. This is Hagar. \v 24 These things may be interpreted as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One of them is from Mount Sinai and she gives birth to children who are slaves. This is Hagar.
\v 25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. She symbolizes the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. \v 25 Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia; and she represents the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
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\v 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, that is, our mother. \v 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
\v 27 For it is written, \v 27 For it is written,
\q "Rejoice, you barren woman, you who do not give birth. \q "Rejoice, you barren one who does not give birth.
\q Break out and shout for joy, you who do not experience child bearing. \q Cry out and shout for joy, you who are not suffering the pains of childbirth.
\q For many are the children of the barren, more than those of her who has a husband." \q Because the children of the abandoned woman are more numerous than the woman who has a husband."
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\v 28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. \v 28 But you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
\v 29 At that time the one who was born according to the flesh persecuted the one who was born according to the Spirit. It is the same now. \v 29 At that time the one who was born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit. It is the same now.
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\v 30 What does the scripture say? "Drive away the slave woman and her son. For the son of the slave woman will not inherit along with the son of the free woman." \v 30 But what does the scripture say? "Send away the slave girl and her son. For the son of the slave girl will not share in the inheritance with the son of the free woman."
\v 31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of a slave woman, but instead of the free woman. \v 31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of a slave girl, but of the free woman.