Key Verse Spotlight
Galatians 4:22 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βFor it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.β
Galatians 4:22
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. {I stand...: or, I am perplexed for you}
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
But he {who was} of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman {was} by promise.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. {covenants: or, testaments} {Sinai: Gr. Sina}
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