Galatians 4:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
  • Gal 4:23 : 23 Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.
  • Rom 4:13-18 : 13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power; 15 For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken. 16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were. 18 Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
  • Rom 9:8-9 : 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed. 9 For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

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  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7 And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

    8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

    9 For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

    10 And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

  • Gal 4:29-31
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    29 But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.

    30 What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.

    31 So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

  • 27 For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

  • Gal 4:22-25
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    22 Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

    23 Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

    24 Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.

    25 Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.

  • Gal 3:7-9
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    7 Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

    8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

    9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

    18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

  • 28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17 (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

    18 Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

  • 25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

  • 34 And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • 1 What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?

  • Gal 3:14-16
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    14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

    15 Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

    16 Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

  • 26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 19 Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • 4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Rom 8:16-17
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    16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:

    17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

  • 19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

  • 7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

  • Rom 4:12-13
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    12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.

    13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

    13 And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.

  • 18 Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

  • 32 And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,

  • 21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

  • 9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

  • 1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

  • 8 And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

  • 5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

  • 4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

  • 14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

  • 4 Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

  • 10 So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac.