“ So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. ”
So then, brethren - It follows from all this. Not from the allegory regarded as an argument - for Paul does not use it thus - but from the considerations suggested on the whole subject. Since the...
(8) So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. (8) The conclusion of the former allegory, that we by no means procure and call back again the slavery of the Law, seein...
Galatians 4:21 to Galatians 5:1 . The new thing he tries is an allegorising spiritualising application of an OT story. Slave-born Ishmael mocked ( Genesis 21:10 *) free-born Isaac, and the son...
So then . Tho texts read, "Wherefore. "
31. So then, brethren. He now exhorts the Galatians to prefer the condition of the children of Sarah to that of the children of Hagar; and having reminded them that, by the grace of Christ, t...
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. So then - We - Jews and Gentiles, who believe on the Lord Jesus, are not children of the bond woman - are not in subjection t...
So then, brethren,— The Apostle, by this allegorical history, shews the Galatians that they who are sons of Agar, that is to say, under the law given at mount Sinai, are in bondage; the peculiar...
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. So then х ara ( G686 ) oun ( G37...
The Bondage of the Law. Freedom in Christ 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. Paraphrase. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no m...
(21-31) The next eleven verses contain an elaborate argument from the history of the two sons of Abraham, as types of the two covenants, in further proof that freedom is the essential character of th...
Chapter 19 THE STORY OF HAGAR. Galatians 4:21-31 - Galatians 5:1 THE Apostle wishes that he could "change his voice" ( Galatians 4:20 ). Indeed he has changed it more than once. "Any one who...
“Children of Promise” Galatians 4:21-31 In this allegory of Sarah and Hagar, it is important to notice that Paul is not dealing with the principle of evil within our hearts, but with the attemp...
He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured j...
(20) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (21) В¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, tha...
BONDAGE OR FREEDOM? ‘So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.’ Galatians 4:31 In this Epistle St. Paul carries our thoughts back to the pathetic scenes assoc...
So then, brethren ,.... This is the conclusion of the whole allegory, or the mystical interpretation of Agar and Sarah, and their sons: we are not children of the bondwoman ; the figure of the fir...
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. Ver. 31. We are not children, &c. ] q.d. We are in a far better condition than legalists. "I have blessed Ishmael,"...
HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This position is the result of promise accomplished, as cont...
Affectionate Remonstrance. A. D. 56. 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye n...
The church of the Gentiles was not typified in Hagar, but in Sarah; from whence the scope of the apostle is to conclude, that we are not under the law, obliged to Judaical observances, but are freed...
A Lesson from the Old Testament Law ( Galatians 4:21-31 ). Paul now turns to the Old Testament for examples of what he is trying to say.
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 4:24 . Which things are an allegory. —Under the things spoken of—the two sons, with their contrast of parentage and position—there lies a spiritual meani...
Galatians 4:1-5 . Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the f...
Galatians 4:1 . The heir, as long as he is a child, and a minor, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all. He is under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his f...
We are not children of the bondwomn, but of the free. Nature and the supernatural The whole force of this application of the allegory lies in the truth of the facts. It is because the birth of...
EXPOSITION Galatians 4:1 Now I say (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or elucidate something before said...
The application of the lesson:
1 John 3:1 ; 1 John 3:2 ; Galatians 5:1 ; Galatians 5:13 ; Hebrews 2:14 ; Hebrews 2:15 ; John 1:12 ; John 1:13 ; John 8:36
So then — To sum up all. We — Who believe. Are not children of the bondwoman — Have nothing to do with the servile Mosaic dispensation. But of the free — Being free from the curse and the bond of t...