World English Bible
"But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now."
— Galatians 4:29, World English Bible
“But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.”
“But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted himthat was bornafter the Spirit, so also it is now. ”
“But just as at that time the one born by natural descent persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is now.”
“But as then he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him that was after the spirit: so also it is now.”
“But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.”
“But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.”
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman."
So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.