Galatians 4:29

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • Gen 21:9 : 9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
  • Gal 5:11 : 11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews; 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men;
  • Heb 10:33-34 : 33 partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so. 34 For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
  • Matt 23:34-37 : 34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
  • John 15:9 : 9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 4:30-31
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    30However 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."

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

  • Gal 4:27-28
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    27For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."

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

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

    23However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

    24These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

    25For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

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

    10Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    9Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

    10Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."

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

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after 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, the things of the Spirit.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

    17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

  • Rom 9:12-13
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    12it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."

    13Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

  • Gal 3:29
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    29If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to 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 will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

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

  • Rev 12:13
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    13When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

  • 2 Cor 4:9
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    9pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

  • Gal 4:3
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    3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

  • 1 Cor 15:46
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    46However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?

  • Gal 3:3-4
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    3Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?

    4Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?

  • Gen 25:12
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    12Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.

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

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.

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

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

  • 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 8:41
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    41You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

  • John 8:37
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    37I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

  • Heb 12:17
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    17For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

  • Job 19:28
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    28If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter is found in me,

  • Gal 4:19
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    19My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you--

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

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

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;