Galatians 4:30
But what does the passage of Scripture say? ‘Send away the slave-woman and her son; for the slave’s son shall not be co-heir with the son of the free woman.’
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
31And so, Brothers, we are not children of a slave, but of her who is free.
Cross References
Romans 4:3For what are the words of Scripture? ‘Abraham had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’
Romans 11:2God has not rejected his People, whom he chose from the first. Have you forgotten the words of Scripture in the story of Elijah — how he appeals to God against Israel?
Galatians 3:8And Scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the Good News to Abraham in the words — ‘Through thee all the Gentiles shall be blessed.’
James 4:5Do you suppose there is no meaning in the passage of Scripture which asks — ‘Is envy to result from the longings of the Spirit which God has implanted within you?’
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 →