Galatians 4:30
But what does the passage of scripture say? ‘Send away the slave-woman and her son; for the slave’s son will not be coheir with the son of the free woman.’
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In Context
31And so, friends, we are not children of a slave, but of her who is free.
Cross References
Genesis 21:10She said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave-girl and her son, for the son of this slave-girl will never be heir with my son Isaac”
Romans 4:3For what are the words of scripture? ‘Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’
Romans 11:2God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the first. Have you forgotten the words of scripture in the story of Elijah – how he appeals to God against Israel?
Galatians 3:8And scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the good news to Abraham in the words – ‘Through you all the Gentiles will be blessed.’
James 4:5Do you suppose scripture means nothing when it says, ‘Envy results from the longings of the spirit which God has implanted within you?’
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 →