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Galatians 4:22 KJV
Galatians · chapter 4 · verse 22
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.Galatians 4:22 · King James Version
Galatians 4:22 in context
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bondmaidpaidiskēa young girl, damsel, a maid-servant, a young female slave, a maid servant who has charge…G3814 →
- bondmaidkaiand, also, even, indeed, butG2532 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- sonsyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
- twodyothe two, the twainG1417 →
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In these verses the apostle illustrates the difference between believers who rested in Christ only and those judaizers who trusted in the law, by a comparison taken from the story of Isaac and Ishmael.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-31