But the other covenant is derived from Jerusalem that is above, which is free — Like Sarah from all inward and outward bondage, and is the mother of us all — That is, all who believe in Christ, are free citizens of the New Jerusalem.
GALATIANS 4:26 h`mw/n {A} The Textus Receptus, following ac A C2 K P 81 614 arm _al,_ inserts pa,ntwn before h`mw/n (cf....
Verse 26. _BUT JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE_] The apostle still follows the Jewish _allegory_, showing not only how the story of _Hagar_ and _Sarah, Ishmael_ and _Isaac_, was allegorized, but pointing ou...
BUT JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE - The spiritual Jerusalem; the true church of God. Jerusalem was the place where God was worshipped, and hence, it became synonymous with the word church, or is used to re...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Under the law in the state of minority. (Galatians 4:1)_ 2. The Son revealed to redeem. (Galatians 4:4) 3. Because ye are Sons; the Spirit of Sonship. (Galatians 4:6) 4. The backslid
GALATIANS 4:21 TO GALATIANS 5:1. The new thing he tries is an allegorising spiritualising application of an OT story. Slave-born Ishmael mocked (Genesis 21:10 *) free-born Isaac, and the son of the sl...
THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands written in it that Abraham had two sons; one was the son of the slave girl and...
ABOVE. Greek. _ano_ See John 8:23. ALL. The texts omit....
_the mother of us all_ Probably we should read with R.V. OUR MOTHER, where of course - _our_" is emphatic. Comp. Galatians 4:31....
ΜΉΤΗΡ ἩΜΩ͂Ν א*BC*DG latt. Syrpesh. Harclean marg. μήτηρ πάντων ἡμῶν Text. Rec. with אCACcKLP etc. syrHarclean text, cf. Genesis 3:20 of Eve, and Polycarp, § 3, εἰς τὴν δοθεῖσαν ἡμῖν πίστιν, ἤτις ἐστὶν...
21–5:1. _Another appeal, based upon the principles underlying the history of Hagar and Sarah, and the birth of Isaac. Christ set us free; stand fast therefore in this freedom_ (Galatians 4:21) You wis...
ΉΤΙΣ _fem._ который, _см._ Galatians 4:24....
JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE,— Under the name of _Jerusalem_ is understood the gospel covenant, as will appear from the very etymology of the word; which signifies, the _seeing_ or _possessing of peace,_...
TEXT 4:25-27 (25) Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children. (26) But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is...
_ VERSE 26. BUT JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE IS FREE, WHICH IS THE MOTHER OF US ALL._ Do not mistake this one word "above" to refer to the triumphant Church in heaven, but to the militant Church on earth....
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. This stands instead of the sentence which we should expect, to correspond to Galatians 4:24, 'one from mount Sinai.' But the oth...
1 The place of an infant heir differs from that of a slave in right but not in fact. Though entitled to all, he is treated as though master of nothing. He is watched by guardians, and supervised by st...
THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. FREEDOM IN CHRIST 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. PARAPHRASE. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more en...
JERUSALEM.. ABOVE] the spiritual commonwealth or city of God, of which believers are citizens. THE MOTHER OF US ALL] RV 'our mother,' prefigured by Sarah....
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 YOU ARE GOD’S SONS, YOU ARE NOT SLAVES V1 I will continue what I was saying to you. A young son will receive the property that his fath...
Revelation 22:2 refers to Jerusalem that is in heaven. This Jerusalem refers to all Christians who have trusted Jesus Christ. This Jerusalem is free. So everyone who belongs to God’s family is free. I...
JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE. — The ideal or heavenly Jerusalem. (Comp. Hebrews 12:22, “Ye are come to... the heavenly Jerusalem;” Revelation 21:2, “the holy city, new Jerusalem.” This “new” or “heavenly”...
(21-31) The next eleven verses contain an elaborate argument from the history of the two sons of Abraham, as types of the two covenants, in further proof that freedom is the essential character of the...
CHAPTER 19 THE STORY OF HAGAR. Galatians 4:21 - Galatians 5:1 THE Apostle wishes that he could "change his voice" (Galatians 4:20). Indeed he has changed it more than once. "Any one who looks closel...
PATRIARCHAL HISTORY IS EMPLOYED TO ILLUSTRATE THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS, WHO ARE THE PROMISED SEED OF ABRAHAM, BY JEWS WHO ARE HIS SEED AFTER THE FLESH. HAGAR AND HER SON, SARAH AND HER SON, FURNI...
ἡ ἄνω Ἱερ. The Psalms and Prophets attest the enthusiastic devotion of Israelites to the city of Jerusalem. Since the temple of God and the palace of the house of David were within its walls, it was a...
“CHILDREN OF PROMISE” Galatians 4:21 In this allegory of Sarah and Hagar, it is important to notice that Paul is not dealing with the principle of evil within our hearts, but with the attempt to min...
He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured ju...
But Jerusalem which is (e) above is free, which is the mother of us all. (e) Which is excellent, and of great worth....
(20) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (21) В¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, that...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
_THE SPIRITUAL JERUSALEM_ ‘Jerusalem which is above is free.’ Galatians 4:26 The spiritual Jerusalem is the Christian Church. The Church of God, in the full comprehension of the term, includes the...
26._But Jerusalem, which is above_. The Jerusalem which he calls _above_, or heavenly, is not contained in heaven; nor are we to seek for it out of this world; for the Church is spread over the whole...
The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly) before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the...
BUT JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE,.... This Sarah was a type and figure of; she answered to, and agreed with this; which is to be understood, not of the church triumphant in heaven, but of the Gospel churc...
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. Ver. 26. _But Jerusalem which is above_] That is, the Christian Church, the heavenly Jerusalem, the panegyris and congregation of...
_For this Agar is mount Sinai_ That is, is a type of that mount. The whole of that mountainous ridge in Arabia Petrea, of which Sinai was a part, was called Horeb, probably on account of its excessive...
JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE; the true spiritual Jerusalem, which has its centre in heaven, where Christ its head is. The Christian church, which is made up of believers in Christ, both Jews and Gentiles,...
The explanation of the story:...
BUT JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE IS FREE, WHICH IS THE MOTHER OF US ALL....
HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This position is the result of promise accomplished, as contrast...
TELL ME, YOU WHO DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW, DO YOU NOT HEAR THE LAW? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. Notice Abraham's age: 75 - P...
21-27 The difference between believers who rested in Christ only, and those who trusted in the law, is explained by the histories of Isaac and Ishmael. These things are an allegory, wherein, beside t...
The new covenant, or the dispensation of the gospel, or the Christian church, WHICH IS ABOVE, or from above, which answereth to Sarah, and is said to be _above, _ because revealed from heaven by Chris...
But the Jerusalem that is above [Philippians 3:20; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:2] is free, which is our mother.
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians which, if you carefully study, you will find to be the means of building you up in that faith which has been given you, and which, being followed by hope, and p...
Galatians 4:26 but G1161 Jerusalem G2419 above G507 is G2076 (G5748) free G1658 which G3748 is G2076 ...
A LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW (GALATIANS 4:21). Paul now turns to the Old Testament for examples of what he is trying to say....
The Apostle resumes his argument for the superiority of the gospel over the law, and illustrates the difference of the two by an allegorical interpretation of the history of Sarah and Hagar, and their...
Galatians 4:26. BUT THE JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE (OR, THE UPPER JERUSALEM) IS FREE; AND SHE IS OUR MOTHER (MOTHER OF US). The reading of the E. V. ‘of us _air_ is not sufficiently supported, and arose...
THE JERUSALEM THAT IS ABOVE (η ανω Ιερουσαλημ). Paul uses the rabbinical idea that the heavenly Jerusalem corresponds to the one here to illustrate his point without endorsing their ideas. See also...
Galatians 4:12. _Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all._ He had told them the gospel, and other teachers had come in and alienated their affections. H...
Galatians 4:1. Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father....
CONTENTS: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law and grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abra...
Galatians 4:1. _The heir, as long as he is a child,_ and a minor, _differeth_ _nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all._ He is under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his fath...
BUT THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM IS FREE. "But the _church_ of Christ, the messianic community, which is made up of all who reach out through faith to seize Christ and make themselves part of Him, is free a...
_But Jerusalem, which is above, is free._ NOTES OF THE CHURCH The Church is-- 1. Heavenly. 2. One. 3. Invisible. 4. Free. 5. Propagative. 6. Careful of her children. JERUSALEM A TYPE OF THE C...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:26 All those who believe in Christ belong to the heavenly JERUSALEM. They are the true Israel. As Isaiah prophesied (Isaiah 54:1), Go
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:21 Paul again emphasizes the difference between being a free child of God and being a slave to the law, sin, and false gods. Abraham’s son Ishmael—technically the firstbo...
_But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all._ The Christian Church, typified by Sarah, the mistress, is contrasted with the Jewish synagogue, typified by Hagar, the bondwoman,...
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He continues the argument of the preceding chapter that the Jews, like children and slaves, were under the Jewish law as a pædagague, while Christians, as sons o...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 4:24. WHICH THINGS ARE AN ALLEGORY.—Under the things spoken of—the two sons, with their contrast of parentage and position—there lies a spiritual meaning. G...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 4:1 NOW I SAY (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or elucidate something before said (of. Galati...
Now I say, That an heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2...
1 Peter 2:16; Galatians 4:22; Galatians 5:1; Hebrews 12:22; Hosea 2:2;