| Galatians 4:28 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Now you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. |
| ASV: | Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. |
| BBE: | Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God. |
| DBY: | But ye, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise. |
| ERV: | Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. |
| WEY: | But you, brethren, like Isaac, are children born in fulfilment of a promise. |
| WBS: | Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. |
| WEB: | Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise. |
| YLT: | And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise, |
| Galatians 4:28 Cross References |
| XREF: | Romans 9:7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but: "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED."
Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.
Galatians 4:23 But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 4:28 Now we, brethren, {g} as Isaac was, are the children of {h} promise.
(g) After the manner of Isaac, who is the first begotten of the heavenly Jerusalem, as Israel is of the slavish synagogue.
(h) That seed to which the promise belongs. |
| PNT: | 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. As Isaac was the child of promise, so are we, Gentile and Jewish Christians, of the promise to Abraham of a Seed in which all nations should be blessed. |
| WES: | 4:28 Now we - Who believe, whether Jews or Gentiles. Are children of the promise - Not born in a natural way, but by the supernatural power of God. And as such we are heirs of the promise made to believing Abraham. |
| MHC: | 4:28-31 The history thus explained is applied. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free. If the privileges of all believers were so great, according to the new covenant, how absurd for the Gentile converts to be under that law, which could not deliver the unbelieving Jews from bondage or condemnation! We should not have found out this allegory in the history of Sarah and Hagar, if it had not been shown to us, yet we cannot doubt it was intended by the Holy Spirit. It is an explanation of the subject, not an argument in proof of it. The two covenants of works and grace, and legal and evangelical professors, are shadowed forth. Works and fruits brought forth in a man's own strength, are legal. But if arising from faith in Christ, they are evangelical. The first covenant spirit is of bondage unto sin and death. The second covenant spirit is of liberty and freedom; not liberty to sin, but in and unto duty. The first is a spirit of persecution; the second is a spirit of love. Let those professors look to it, who have a violent, harsh, imposing spirit, towards the people of God. Yet as Abraham turned aside to Hagar, so it is possible a believer may turn aside in some things to the covenant of works, when through unbelief and neglect of the promise he acts according to the law, in his own strength; or in a way of violence, not of love, towards the brethren. Yet it is not his way, not his spirit to do so; hence he is never at rest, till he returns to his dependence on Christ again. Let us rest our souls on the Scriptures, and by a gospel hope and cheerful obedience, show that our conversation and treasure are indeed in heaven. |
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