Galatians 4:28

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband.

29But as then he, that was born according to the flesh, persecuted him that was after the spirit; so also it is now.

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Cross References

Acts 3:25You are the children of the prophets, and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Romans 9:8dummy verses inserted by amos

Galatians 4:23But he who was of the bondwoman, was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman, was by 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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