But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Galatians 4:29 in context
Galatians 4:26–31
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But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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For it is written,
“Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear.
Break out and shout, you who don’t travail.
For the desolate women have more children than her who has a husband.”
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Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
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But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
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However, what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”
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So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.
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