Galatians 4:30 — Meaning and Application

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“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.”

Galatians 4:30

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

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

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.

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

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Galatians 4:1

"Now I say, {That} the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;"

Galatians 4:2

"But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father."

Galatians 4:3

"Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: {elements: or, rudiments}"

Galatians 4:4

"But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,"

Galatians 4:5

"To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons."

Galatians 4:6

"And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

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