Galatians 4:28

And, we, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of a promise.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

In Context

27For it is written—Be gladdened, O barren one! that wast not giving birth, break forth and shout, thou that wast not in birth-pains,—because, more, are the children of the deserted one, than of her that had the husband.

29But, just as, then, he that after the manner of the flesh had been born, did persecute him who [had been born] after the manner of the Spirit, thus, also now.

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Cross References

Acts 3:25Ye, are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God covenanted unto your fathers, saying unto Abraham—And, in thy seed, shall be blessed, all the families of the ground.

Romans 9:8That is—not the children of the flesh, the same are children of God; but, the children of the promise, are reckoned as a seed.

Galatians 4:23But, he that was of the bondmaid, after the flesh, had been born, whereas, he that was of the free woman, through means of a promise.

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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