Galatians 4:7

 

Galatians 4:7

(KJV) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

(1611 KJV) Wherefore thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne; and if a sonne, then an heire of God through Christ.

(1587 Geneva Bible) Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.

(1526 Tyndale) Wherfore now thou art not a servaunt but a sonne. Yf thou be ye sonne thou arte also the heyre of God thorow Christ.

 

Counterfeit Versions

(NIV) So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.

(NASB) Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

(ESV) So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

(CEV) You are no longer slaves. You are God's children, and you will be given what he has promised.

(1901 ASV) So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

(HCSB) So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

(RSV) So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.

(NRSV) So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.

(NAB-Roman Catholic) So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.

(Douay-Rheims Roman Catholic) Therefore now he is not a servant, but a son. And if a son, an heir also through God.

(NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) So, then, you are no longer a slave but a son; and if a son, also an heir through God.

 

Textus Receptus - Traditional Text

wste ouketi ei douloV all uioV ei de uioV kai klhronomoV qeou dia cristou

 

Westcott-Hort - Critical Text

wste ouketi ei douloV alla uioV ei de uioV kai klhronomoV dia qeou

 

Corrupted Manuscripts

This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:

P46 - about 200 A.D.

Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit (original)
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century

B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century

C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century (original)

33 (Minuscule) - Ninth Century

 

Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse

Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)

Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit (corrected)
C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century (corrected)

D 06 - Paris: Claromontanus - Sixth century (Romans to Hebrews)

K 018 - Ninth century

L 020 - Ninth century

P 025 - Ninth century

 

Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions

Reads “through God” instead of “of God through Christ”

Lachmann, Karl - 1842

Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869

Tregelles, Samuel - 1857

Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871

Westcott and Hort - 1881

Weiss, Bernhard - 1894

Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941

Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition

Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition

United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition

Von Soden, Freiherr - 1902

 

Affected Teaching

The only way a person can become an heir of God is by becoming a child of God. The only way a person becomes a child of God is through the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 14:6 KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. These modern versions are all denying the Son which means they do not have the Father. (1 John 2:23 KJV) Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Once you remove the Lord Jesus Christ as the only way to the Father, then that falsely opens up a plethora of ways to get to Heaven. The cry in today’s religious world (and in many churches) is that there are many ways to get to Heaven and also knowing that every major religion uses the term “God” which means that this verse is giving credence to any heavenly path in any religion. Billions of people worship false gods and by replacing “Christ” with “God” in this verse gives anyone the green light to instill a personal meaning on the term God, according to their own belief system. False teachers like Billy Graham and Robert Schuller believe that there will be people in Heaven who have never even heard of the name of Christ. Billy Graham made that statement on Robert Schuller’s program. This kind of omission plays right into the hands of the false teachers and unbelievers. (Rom 8:17 KJV) And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Here once again the King James shows its superiority in delivering the truth in contrast to the modern versions which are loaded with deception. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that Salvation comes through their rituals and ceremonies. Wouldn’t leaving out Christ as the only way of salvation play right into the hands of this false system?

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