Galatians 4:28

Now we, brothers, who correspond to Isaac, are children of promise.

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In The King James Version

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

In Context

27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren woman not giving birth. Burst forth and shout, thou not suffering birth pains, because many more are the children of the desolate than of her who has the husband.

29But just as then, the man who was born according to flesh persecuted the man according to Spirit, so also now.

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Cross References

Acts 3:25Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed.

Romans 9:8That is, the children of the flesh, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.

Galatians 4:23But in fact, the man from the servant girl was born according to flesh, but the man from the freewoman through promise.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:22-31

Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. 24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem… Read the whole commentary →

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