Discovery BoxGalatians 4:23 
Context4:23 But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, 1 while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.
Galatians 4:29
Context4:29 But just as at that time the one born by natural descent 2 persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, 3 so it is now.
1 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.”
2 tn Grk “according to the flesh”; see the note on the phrase “by natural descent” in 4:23.
3 tn Or “the one born by the Spirit’s [power].”
