Galatians 4:29

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

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  • Gen 21:9 : 9 But Sarah saw the son whom Hagar, the Egyptian, had borne to Abraham laughing mockingly.
  • Gal 5:11 : 11 Brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? If that were the case, the offense of the cross would be eliminated.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones compelling you to be circumcised—only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even those who are circumcised do not keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh. 14 But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews. 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.
  • Heb 10:33-34 : 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insults and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 For you sympathized with those in prison and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you have a better and lasting possession in heaven.
  • Matt 23:34-37 : 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'
  • John 15:9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 So now, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • Gal 4:23 : 23 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 4:30-31
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    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.

  • Gal 4:27-28
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    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.

  • Gal 4:22-25
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.

    23But the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son by the free woman was born through the promise.

    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.

  • 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 21:9-10
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    9But Sarah saw the son whom Hagar, the Egyptian, had borne to Abraham laughing mockingly.

    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.'

  • John 3:6
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    6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

    5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16I say then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

    17For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want to do.

  • Rom 9:12-13
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    12not by works but by him who calls—she was told, 'The older will serve the younger.'

    13As it is written: 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'

  • Gal 3:29
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    29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
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    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • Rom 4:1
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    1What then shall we say about Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?

  • Gal 4:1
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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.

  • Rev 12:13
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    13When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

  • 2 Cor 4:9
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    9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

  • Gal 4:3
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    3In the same way, we too, when we were children, were enslaved under the elemental principles of the world.

  • 1 Cor 15:46
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    46But it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us?

  • Gal 3:3-4
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    3Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now trying to complete it by human effort?

    4Did you suffer so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing?

  • 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 4:7
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    7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

  • 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.'

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

  • John 1:13
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    13They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  • John 8:41
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    41You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God."

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

  • John 8:37
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    37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place in you.

  • Heb 12:17
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    17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He found no opportunity for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.

  • Job 19:28
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    28If you say, 'Why should we persecute him?' since the root of the matter is found in me,

  • Gal 4:19
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    19My dear children, I am again suffering birth pains for you until Christ is formed in you.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Therefore, know that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.