Galatians 4:27

for it-has-been-written, "Be-gladdened, sterile[vocative], the not offspring-ing. Tear/rip-apart and cry, the not travailing/anguishing[i.e. childbirth], that the many offsprings of{the desolate} [are] more than of{the having} the man."

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

In Context

26On-the-other-hand, the up/anew Jerusalem is-being emancipated/liberated/released/free[adjective], which-what is-being mother of{all} of{us},

28Moreover, we, brothers, are-being offsprings of{message-upon-ia/declaration} according-to Isaac.

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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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