Galatians 4:31
So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the freewoman.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
In Context
Cross References
John 8:36The Son abides forever; if therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will be free indeed.
Galatians 5:13For ye were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
1 John 3:1BEHOLD what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. For this cause the world knows not us, because it knew not him.
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 →