Galatians 4:28

But *ye*, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.

Darby Translation

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 that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than [those] of her that has a husband.

29But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him [that was born] according to Spirit, so also [it is] now.

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Cross References

Acts 3:25*Ye* are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Romans 9:8That is, [they that are] the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.

Galatians 4:23But he [that was] of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he [that was] of the free woman through the 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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