Galatians 4:23

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But the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son by the free woman was born through the promise.

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  • Heb 11:11 : 11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.
  • Gen 18:10-14 : 10 Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well along in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?' 13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”' 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.
  • Gen 21:1-2 : 1 The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.' 8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
  • Rom 10:8 : 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the message of faith that we proclaim):
  • Gal 4:28-29 : 28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But just as the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one born through the Spirit, so it is also now.
  • Rom 4:18-21 : 18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.' 19 And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 being fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised.
  • Gen 17:15-19 : 15 Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her. 17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!" 19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

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  • Gal 4:21-22
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    21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.

  • Gal 4:24-31
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    24Now these things may be interpreted allegorically: These women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery—this is Hagar.

    25Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

    26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

    27For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.'

    28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

    29But just as the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one born through the Spirit, so it is also now.

    30But what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.'

    31So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

    13'I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he is your offspring.'

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.'

    8This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

    9For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

    10Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

  • Gen 21:10
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    10And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'

  • Gen 25:12
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    12This is the account of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14He redeemed us so that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

    15Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life: Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly ratified, so it is in this case.

    16Now to Abraham the promises were spoken, and to his seed. It does not say, 'and to seeds,' as if referring to many, but, 'and to your seed,' meaning one, who is Christ.

    17This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.

    18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God gave it to Abraham through a promise.

  • Gal 3:29
    71%

    29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • Rom 4:16
    71%

    16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

  • Gen 15:3-4
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    3And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

    4Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir."

  • Heb 11:18
    70%

    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Rom 4:12-13
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    12and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

    13For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:1
    70%

    1What then shall we say about Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?

  • Gal 4:1-4
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    1I say that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, even though he is the master of everything.

    2But he is under guardians and managers until the time set by his father.

    3In the same way, we too, when we were children, were enslaved under the elemental principles of the world.

    4But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

  • Gal 4:7
    69%

    7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

  • Gal 3:7
    69%

    7Therefore, know that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

  • Gen 16:1
    68%

    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.

  • Gen 25:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23The LORD said to her, 'Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.'

    24When the time came for her to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
    68%

    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • John 1:13
    68%

    13They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  • John 3:6
    68%

    6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • Acts 7:6
    68%

    6God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Gen 21:2
    68%

    2Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.

  • Gen 17:23
    68%

    23On that very day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and circumcised them, as God had told him.

  • Gen 17:13
    67%

    13Every male born in your household or bought with your money must be circumcised. Thus, My covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

  • John 8:36
    67%

    36So if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.

  • Gen 16:4
    67%

    4He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When Hagar saw that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.