Galatians 4:23
But the child of the slave-woman was born in the course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born in fulfillment of a promise.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:15Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her name Sarai, but Sarah.
Genesis 21:1The Lord remembered what he had told Sarah, and he did as he had promised.
Romans 9:7nor, because they are Abraham’s descendants, are they all his children; but – ‘It is Isaac’s children who will be called your descendants.’
Galatians 4:28As for ourselves, friends, we, like Isaac, are children born in fulfillment of a 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 →