Combined Bible Commentary
Galatians 4:22
VERSES 22, 23. For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
VERSES 22, 23. For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Verse 22. _FOR IT IS WRITTEN_] Viz. in Genesis 16:15; Genesis 22:1, c., _that Abraham had two sons_, Ishmael and Isaac _the one_; Ishmael, _by_ _a bond maid_, Hagar; _the other_, Isaac, _by a free wom...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN - Genesis 16; Genesis 21. ABRAHAM HAD TWO SONS - Ishmael and Isaac. Abraham subsequently had several sons by Keturah after the death of Sarah; Genesis 26:1.
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...
BY. Greek. _ek_. Same as "of", Galatians 4:4. BONDMAID. Greek. _paidiske_, as verses: Galatians 4:23; Galatians 4:30;...
_it is written_ This is not a quotation of any particular passage. -It is recorded in Scripture". _a bondmaid_ Lit. - _the_bondmaid", Hagar; so - _the_free woman", Sarah. Hagar was an Egyptian slave i...
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...
ἜΣΧΕΝ, “got,” not εἷχεν. ἘΚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΑΙΔΊΣΚΗΣ, “of the maidservant.” As apparently there were no free servants in early days she would necessarily be a δουλή. The article = the one mentioned in Scriptur...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. Форма указывает на авторитетность документа (ММ), ΈΣΧΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΠΑΙΔΊΣΚΗ (G3814) служанка, ΈΛΕΎΘΕΡΟΣ (G1658) своб...
DISCOURSE: 2075 SARAH AND HAGAR TYPES Galatians 4:22. _It is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. But he who was of the bond-woman was born after the...
Sarah and Hagar Galatians 4:21-31 TEXT 4:21-24 (21) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and on...
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. (; .) ABRAHAM - whose sons ye wish to be (cf. Romans 9:7). A bond maid, the other by a free wo...
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...
4:22 servant, (d-14) Or 'bondmaid,' _ paidiske_ (as Acts 12:13 ). Though in practice the word amounted to the same as a bondmaid, yet the Greek root is essentially different from that of _ doulos_ , a...
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...
One son, from the circumstances of his birth, typifies bondage; the other, freedom: cp. Genesis 16, 21. IT IS WRITTEN] This does not introduce a quotation here, but simply indicates the facts as recor...
You can read about Abraham and his two sons in Genesis Chapter s 15-21. Abraham’s name used to be Abram until God changed it. He had a wife called Sarai. But later God changed her name to Sarah. 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...
(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...
FOR. — This particle would naturally not be expressed in English. It was a reason for the question which had been asked just before: “For the Law _does_ supply a case in point.” THE ONE BY A BONDMAID...
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...
γέγραπται ὅτι. The statement which follows is not a quotation, but a summary of recorded facts. Hagar and Sarah are entitled _the_ handmaid and _the_ freewoman because they are accepted types of each...
“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...
It is written in the law, that is, in Genesis, (chap. xvi. and chap. xxi.) that Abraham had two sons, &c. that his two sons, Ismael, born of his servant, Agar, and Isaac of his wife, Sara, in an alleg...
(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...
22._For it is written_. No man who has a choice given him will be so mad as to despise freedom, and prefer slavery. But here the apostle teaches us, that they who are under the law are slaves. Unhappy...
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...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN,.... In Genesis 16:15 THAT ABRAHAM HAD TWO SONS, not two sons only; for besides the two referred to, he had six more, Genesis 25:2 but it being only pertinent to the apostle's purpo...
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. Ver. 22. _For it is written_] It was enough of old to say, "It is written;" there was no need to quote c...
Gal. 4:21-23. "Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond maid, the other by a free woman. But he who was of t...
_Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law_ Of Moses, as the rule of your justification; _do ye not hear the law?_ Regard what it says? how it teaches that Abraham's children, by faith, who are heir...
IT IS WRITTEN; Genesis 16:15; Genesis 21:2-3....
An urgent appeal to an Old Testament example:...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN THAT ABRAHAM HAD TWO SONS, THE ONE BY A BONDMAID, THE OTHER BY A FREEWOMAN....
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 substance of this is written, GENESIS 16:1, where we read of Abraham's having Ishmael by Hagar his bondwoman; and GENESIS 21:2, where we read of the birth of Isaac, whom he had by Sarah, who was h...
For it is written [Genesis 16:15; Genesis 21:2], _that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman._...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book III teaching the Galatians, moreover, that the two narratives of the sons of Abraham had an allegorical meaning in their course;[64]...
Galatians 4:22 For G1063 written G1125 (G5769) that G3754 Abraham G11 had G2192 (G5627) two G1417 sons...
‘For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid and one by the free-woman. But the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh, while the son by the free-woman is born through promis...
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....
Galatians 4:22. ABRAHAM HAD TWO SONS, ONE BY THE BONDMAID, THE OTHER BY THE FREEWOMAN. See Genesis 16:1 ff; Genesis 21:1 ff. The ‘bondmaid' is Hagar, the ‘freewoman' is Sarah. In the national legends...
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...
BY THE HANDMAID (εκ της παιδισκης). From Genesis 16:1. Feminine diminutive of παις, boy or slave. Common word for damsel which came to be used for female slave or maidservant (Luke 12:45) or doorkee...
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....
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...
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...
ABRAHAM HAD TWO SONS. "These two sons of Abraham are an example of what I mean....
_That Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman._ ST. PAUL’S OUTLOOK AND VISION The principle from which he views the Old Testament history may be compared to those lines...
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...
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...
Genesis 16:15; Genesis 16:2; Genesis 21:1; Genesis 21:10; Genesis 21:2
For [γ α ρ]. Your determination to be under the law is opposed by Scripture, if you will understand it, for it is written, etc. A bondmaid [τ η ς π α ι δ ι σ κ η ς]. The bondmaid, indicating a well kn...
TURNING UNTO LAW-WORKS Galatians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by grace, we could turn back to the beggarly elements of salvation by law...
Genesis 21:2, Genesis 21:9....