Galatians 4
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Galatians 4:24-27

2412ThisG3748 is allegoricallyG238 speakingG238, for theseG3778 women are twoG1417 covenantsG1242: oneG1520 proceeding from 3MountG3735 SinaiG4614 bearingG1080 childrenG1080 4who are to be 5slavesG1397; 6she is HagarG28. 25NowG3568 thisG3588 HagarG28 is MountG3735 SinaiG4614 in ArabiaG688 and correspondsG4960 to the presentG3568 JerusalemG2419, for she is in slaveryG1398 with her childrenG5043. 26But 7the JerusalemG2419 aboveG507 is freeG1658; 8she is our motherG3384. 27For it is writtenG1125, “9RejoiceG2165, barrenG4723 womanG4723 who does not bearG5088; BreakG4486 forthG4486 and shoutG994, you who are not in laborG5605; For moreG4183 numerousG4183 are the childrenG5043 of the desolateG2048 ThanG2228 of the one who hasG2192 a husbandG435.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 4:24 Lit Which ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 4:24 1 Cor 10:11 ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 4:24 Deut 33:2 ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 4:24 Lit into slavery ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 4:24 Gal 4:3 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 4:24 Lit which ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 4:26 Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12; 21:2, 10 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 4:26 Lit which ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 4:27 Is 54:1 ↩

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