But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
Ἀλλ᾿ ὥσπερ τότε ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς ἐδίωκε τὸν κατὰ πνεῦμα, οὕτω καὶ νῦν.