Galatians 4:22-26

22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.
24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.
25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Genesis 16:15
  • 2. Genesis 21:2
  • 3. ver 28,29; Romans 9:7,8
  • 4. Genesis 17:16-21; Genesis 18:10-14; Genesis 21:1; Hebrews 11:11
  • 5. Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:2,10
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