21Tellme, ye that desire to beunder the law, do yenothear the law?22For it is written , thatAbrahamhadtwosons, the oneby a bondmaid , the otherby a freewoman.23Buthe who was of the bondwoman was bornafter the flesh;but he of the freewoman was bypromise.24
Which thingsare an allegory : fortheseare the twocovenants;a the onefrom the mountSinai, which genderethtobondage,whichisAgar.25For this AgarismountSinaiinArabia,andanswereth to Jerusalemwhich now is,and is in bondagewithherchildren.26ButJerusalem which is aboveisfree,whichis the mother of usall.27For it is written , Rejoice , thou barren that bearestnot; break forthandcry , thou that travailestnot:for the desolate hath many morechildrenthanshe which hath an husband.28Nowwe,brethren,asIsaacwas,are the children of promise.29Butasthen he that was bornafter the fleshpersecuted him that was born after the Spirit,evenso it is now.30Neverthelesswhatsaith the scripture? Cast out the bondwomanandherson:for the son of the bondwomanshallnot be heirwith the son of the freewoman.31
So then,brethren, we arenotchildren of the bondwoman,but of the free.
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