But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
Ἀλλ' ὥσπερ τότε ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς ἐδίωκεν τὸν κατὰ Πνεῦμα, οὕτως καὶ νῦν.
All' ōsper tote o kata sarka gennētheis ediōken ton kata Pneyma, oytōs kai nyn.