Galatians 4:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:9 : 9 And Sarah sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian (which she had borne vnto Abraham) mocking.
  • Gal 5:11 : 11 And brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why doe I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slaunder of the crosse abolished.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ. 13 For they themselues which are circumcised keepe not the law, but desire to haue you circumcised, that they might reioyce in your flesh. 14 But God forbid that I should reioyce, but in ye crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified vnto me, & I vnto ye world.
  • 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes, 15 Who both killed the Lord Iesus & their owne Prophets, & haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,
  • Heb 10:33-34 : 33 Partly while yee were made a gazing stocke both by reproches & afflictions, and partly while ye became companions of them which were so tossed to and fro. 34 For both ye sorowed with mee for my bonds, and suffered with ioy the spoyling of your goods, knowing in your selues howe that ye haue in heauen a better, and an enduring substance.
  • Matt 23:34-37 : 34 Wherefore beholde, I send vnto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucifie: and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from citie to citie, 35 That vpon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed vpon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias, whome ye slewe betweene the Temple and the altar. 36 Verely I say vnto you, all these things shall come vpon this generation. 37 Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee, how often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her chickins vnder her wings, and ye would not!
  • John 3:5 : 5 Iesus answered, Verely, verely I say vnto thee, except that a man be borne of water and of the Spirite, hee can not enter into the kingdome of God.
  • John 15:9 : 9 As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 Now then there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus, which walke not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if ye liue after the flesh, ye shall die: but if yee mortifie the deedes of the body by the Spirit, ye shall liue.
  • Gal 4:23 : 23 But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 4:30-31
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    30But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.

    31Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.

  • Gal 4:27-28
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    27For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, & cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.

    28Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes.

  • Gal 4:22-25
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    22For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.

    23But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promes.

    24By the which things another thing is ment: for these mothers are the two testaments, the one which is Agar of mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage.

    25(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

    8That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

    9For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

    10Neither he onely felt this, but also Rebecca when shee had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac.

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    9And Sarah sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian (which she had borne vnto Abraham) mocking.

    10Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.

  • John 3:6
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    6That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh: and that that is borne of the Spirit, is spirit.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4That that righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs, which walke not after ye flesh, but after the Spirit.

    5For they that are after the flesh, sauour the things of the flesh: but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16Then I say, Walke in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lustes of the flesh.

    17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary one to another, so that ye can not doe the same things that ye would.

  • Rom 9:12-13
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    12It was said vnto her, The elder shal serue the yonger.

    13As it is written, I haue loued Iacob, and haue hated Esau.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
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    28The sonnes of Abraham were Izhak, and Ishmael.

  • Rom 4:1
    67%

    1What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

  • Gal 4:1
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    1Then I say, that the heire as long as hee is a childe, differeth nothing fro a seruant, though he be Lord of all,

  • Rev 12:13
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    13And when the dragon sawe that hee was cast vnto the earth, he persecuted the woman which had brought forth the man childe.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For as many as are ledde by the Spirit of God, they are the sonnes of God.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The same Spirit beareth witnesse with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:9
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    9We are persecuted, but not forsaken: cast downe, but we perish not.

  • Gal 4:3
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    3Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.

  • 1 Cor 15:46
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    46Howbeit that was not first which is spirituall: but that which is naturall, and afterward that which is spirituall.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Doe ye thinke that the Scripture sayeth in vaine, The spirit that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?

  • Gal 3:3-4
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    3Are ye so foolish, that after ye haue begun in the Spirit, ye would now be made perfect by the flesh?

    4Haue ye suffered so many things in vaine? If so be it be euen in vaine.

  • Gen 25:12
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    12Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.

    13As for the sonne of the bond woman, I will make him a nation also, because he is thy seede.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34And Abraham begate Izhak: the sonnes of Izhak, Esau, and Israel.

  • John 1:13
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    13Which are borne not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of ye wil of man, but of God.

  • John 8:41
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    41Ye do the workes of your father. Then said they to him, We are not borne of fornication: we haue one Father, which is God.

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.

  • John 8:37
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    37I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but yee seeke to kill mee, because my worde hath no place in you.

  • Heb 12:17
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    17For ye knowe howe that afterwarde also when he woulde haue inherited the blessing, he was reiected: for he founde no place to repentance, though he sought that blessing with teares.

  • Job 19:28
    65%

    28But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.

  • Gal 4:19
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    19My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,