Galatians 4:29
But as it was then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now.
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
28Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are the children of promise.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them you shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
John 15:9As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you: abide in my love.
Romans 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if through the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.
Galatians 5:11And if I, brethren, still preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brethren, became followers of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judaea: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they have 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 →