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 whowasborn according to the Spirit, beven so itis 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.
Cast out (ekbale). Second aorist active imperative of ekballw. Quotation from Genesis 21:10 (Sarah to Abraham) and confirmed in Genesis 21:12 by God's command to Abraham. Paul gives allegorical warning thus to the persecuting Jews and Judaizers.
Shall not inherit (ou mh klhronomhsei). Strong negative (ou mh and future indicative). "The law and the gospel cannot co-exist. The law must disappear before the gospel" (Lightfoot). See Galatians 3:18, Galatians 3:29 for the word "inherit."
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