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Galatians 4:27-28 KJV
Galatians · chapter 4 · verses 27–28 · King James Version
27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. 28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.Galatians 4:27-28 · King James Version
Galatians 4:27-28 in context
25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- travailestōdinōto feel the pains of child birth, to travailG5605 →
- desolateerēmossolitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited, used of places, a desert, wilderness, deserted…G2048 →
- childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- Rejoiceeuphrainōto gladden, make joyful, to be glad, to be merry, to rejoice, to rejoice in, be delighted…G2165 →
- bearesttiktōto bring forth, bear, produce , of a woman giving birth, of the earth bringing forth its…G5088 →
- barrensteirahard, stiff, of men and animals, barren, of woman who does not conceiveG4723 →
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