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Galatians 4:28

Isaac
Identity and self-worthCovenant and promisesFaith

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

27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

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

29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

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BSB
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
KJV
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
WEB
Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
ASV
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
DARBY
But *ye*, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.
BLB
Now you⁺, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
ÅB
Men vi, brødre, er løftets barn, slik som Isak.
OTB
Nå er dere, brødre og søstre, som Isak, løftets barn.
B1930
Men vi, brødre, er løftets barn, likesom Isak.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Galatians 4:23

    But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

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  • Romans 9:8–9

    That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

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  • Romans 4:13–18

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

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  • Galatians 3:29

    And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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  • Acts 3:25

    Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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