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Galatians 4:22-24
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Galatians 4:22-24
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman. 23 But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise. 24 Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.
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Galatians 4:22-24
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Galatians 4:22-24
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22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman(A) and the other by the free woman.(B) 23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,(C) but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.(D)
24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.
Galatians 4:26-27
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Galatians 4:26-27
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26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written,
“Rejoice, O barren one that dost not bear;
break forth and shout, thou who art not in travail;
for the desolate hath more children
than she who hath a husband.”
Galatians 4:26-27
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Galatians 4:26-27
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26 But the Jerusalem that is above(A) is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:
Footnotes
- Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1
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