Galatians 4:22-31 ⓘ

4:22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.

4:23 However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

4:24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

4:25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

4:27 For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate women have more children than her who has a husband.”

4:28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

4:29 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.

4:30 However, what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”

4:31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.