Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
In Context
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:1Oh that you were like my brother,who sucked the breasts of my mother!If I found you outside, I would kiss you;yes, and no one would despise me.
Isaiah 50:1Thus says the Lord, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
Isaiah 66:10"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
Hosea 2:5For their mother has played the prostitute.She who conceived them has done shamefully;for she said, 'I will go after my lovers,who give me my bread and my water,my wool and my flax,my oil and my drink.'
Joel 3:17"So you will know that I am the Lord, your God,dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.Then Jerusalem will be holy,and no strangers will pass through her any more.
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 →