Galatians 4:29
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so is it now.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
28So we, brethren, as Isaac, are the children of the promise.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I am sending to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye shall kill, and crucify; and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
John 15:9Just as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.
Romans 8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye are ready to die: but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Galatians 5:11But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then indeed the offence of the cross is at an end.
1 Thessalonians 2:14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for ye suffered the same things also yourselves from your own countrymen, as they too have of 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 →