Galatians 4:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, but he of the freewoman was through promise.

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  • Heb 11:11 : 11 Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.
  • Gen 18:10-14 : 10 And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in age, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old? 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Gen 21:1-2 : 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called. 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
  • Rom 10:8 : 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"—that is, the word of faith which we preach,
  • Gal 4:28-29 : 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
  • Rom 4:18-21 : 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. 21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.
  • Gen 17:15-19 : 15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her and give you a son also by her; yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her. 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child? 18 And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you! 19 And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with 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 hear the law?

    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

  • Gal 4:24-31
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    24These things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar.

    25For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

    26But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.

    27For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.'

    28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

    29But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.

    30Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.'

    31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12But God said to Abraham, Do not let it be grievous in your sight because of the lad and because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.

    13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is your seed.

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

    8That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

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

    10And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;

  • Gen 21:10
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    10Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

  • Gen 25:12
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    12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham:

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it.

    16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.

    17And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

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

  • Rom 4:16
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    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • Gen 15:3-4
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    3And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.

    4And, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own body shall be your heir.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Rom 4:12-13
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    12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

    13For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:1
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    1What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

  • Gal 4:1-4
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    1Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

    2But is under guardians and managers until the time appointed by the father.

    3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the basic principles of the world:

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

  • Gal 4:7
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    7Therefore you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • Gen 16:1
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    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

  • Gen 25:23-24
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    23And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body; and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.

    24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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

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

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

  • Acts 7:6
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    6And God spoke in this way, that his descendants would dwell in a strange land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat them poorly for four hundred years.

  • Gen 21:2
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    2For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Gen 17:23
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    23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him.

  • Gen 17:13
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    13He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

  • John 8:36
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    36If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

  • Gen 16:4
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    4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.