Galatians 4:30

Galatians 4:30

28 Now ^awe, brethren, as Isaac was, are ^bchildren of promise.

29 But, as ^ahe who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, ^beven so it is now.

30 Nevertheless what does ^athe Scripture say? ^b“Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for ^cthe son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”

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

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, where Sarah's words are, "shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac." But what was there said literally, is here by inspiration expressed in its allegorical spiritual import, applying to the New Testament believer, who is antitypically "the son of the free woman." In John 8:35-36, Jesus refers to this.

Cast out—from the house and inheritance: literally, Ishmael; spiritually, the carnal and legalists.

shall not be heir—The Greek is stronger, "must not be heir," or "inherit."

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