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Galatians 4:28 Cross-References
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“Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.”
Galatians 4:28 (KJV)
Commentary on Galatians 4:28
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. Paul applies the allegory directly. "Now we" (hēmeis de, ἡμεῖς δέ)—we believers, both Jewish and Gentile Christians. "Brethren" (adelphoi, ἀδελφοί)—fellow believers. "As Isaac was" (kata Isaak, κατὰ Ἰσαάκ)—according to the pattern of Isaac, in the same category as Isaac. "Are the children of promise" (epangelias tekna esmen, ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐσμέν)—we are promise-children, not flesh-children.Our spiritual identity corresponds to Isaac: born by supernatural divine power in fulfillment of divine promise, received through faith when nat...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Galatians 4:28
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“the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh”
“it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God”
“but through the righteousness of faith.”
“then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.”
“and of the covenant which God made with our fathers”