Galatians 4:1
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;
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- Gal 4:23 : 23 However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
- Gal 4:29 : 29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
- Gen 24:2-3 : 2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh. 3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- 2 Kgs 10:1-2 : 1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up [the sons of] Ahab, saying, 2 "Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor.
- 2 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, "Long live the king!"
- 2 Kgs 12:2 : 2 Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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- Gal 4:2-32 verses88%
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
- Gal 4:5-73 verses80%
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"
7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
- Gal 4:28-314 verses74%
28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
30 However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman."
31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.
- Gal 4:21-244 verses71%
21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.
23 However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.
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35 A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
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16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
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21 He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
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44 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
- 1 Cor 7:21-222 verses69%
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
22 For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.
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26 But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
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1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
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53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
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47 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
- Rom 4:13-142 verses68%
13 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
- Gal 3:25-262 verses68%
25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Gen 15:3-42 verses68%
3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
4 Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."
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29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
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1 Or don't you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
- Luke 17:7-82 verses68%
7 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'
8 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?
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29 But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
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1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
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15 Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
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31 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
- Eccl 4:13-142 verses67%
13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
14 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
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7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
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11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.
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25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
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16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
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4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
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15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
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22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
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15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
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8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.