King James Version

Galatians 4:26

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of all” (πάντων) before us here.

ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.Butἄνωanōwhich is aboveἄνωadverb — “which is above”G507up, above, up to the top, up to the brim, things above, heaven, the heavenly region.This verse uses “above”.which is aboveἸερουσαλὴμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the subject formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.ἐλευθέραeleutherafreeἐλεύθερος (eleutheros)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “free”, the subject formG1658free, delivered from obligation.This verse uses “free”.freeἐστίνestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἥτιςhētiswhoὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “who”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.ἐστὶνestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.μήτηρmētērmotherμήτηρnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “mother”, the subject formG3384a mother.the motherἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).of us

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πάντωνpantōnallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

World English Bible

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Darby Translation

but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

Douay-Rheims

But that Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is our mother.

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