Galatians 4:29
But as then, he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him that was born according to the Spirit, so even now.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
28We, indeed, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34For this reason, behold, I send you prophets and wise men and scribes; and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
John 15:9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
Romans 8:13for if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if, through the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.
Galatians 5:11But, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then, the offense of the cross has ceased.
1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews,
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 →