Born after the flesh— That is, Ishmael; in whose birth there was nothing beyond the common course of nature. He that was born after the Spirit is Isaac, who was produced as the spiritual seed, by the especial energy of God's miraculous power. See Genesis 21:3. 2 Corinthians 10:3.—Even so is it now: that is, "So the carnal Jews who are the seed of Abraham after the flesh, abuse and persecute us Christians, who are Abraham's seed after the spirit, because we will not conform to the observance of legal ceremonies." The expressions, born after the flesh, and born after the Spirit, have, in their original brevity with regard to the whole view wherein St. Paul uses them, an admirable beauty and force.
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Galatians 4:29
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.