Galatians 4:29
But as the one at that time having been born according to the flesh persecuted the one according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
28But you, brethren, are the children of Isaac, according to the promise.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34Therefore I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: you will kill and crucify some of them; and will scourge some of them in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city;
John 15:9As the Father loved me, I also loved you: abide in my love.
Romans 8:13For if you live according to depravity, you are about to die: but if through the Spirit you kill the practices of the body, you shall live.
Galatians 5:11But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? then the offence of the cross would be done away.
1 Thessalonians 2:14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Jesus Christ: because you suffered the same things from your fellow tribes, as they also from the Jews;
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 →