Galatians 4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free. Truth to Learn We are spiritually born free; therefore, we should live as freeborn sons and not as slaves to the law. Behind the Words The word translated “So then” is ara. Technically,...

  Galatians 4:30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman." Truth to Learn Get rid of your legalistic rules and practices. They have no place alongside a life...

  Galatians 4:29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. Truth to Learn The bondage of legalism and religious acts of the flesh will not produce freedom or peace, but they may...

  Galatians 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. Truth to Learn We are the children of God through believing what He tells us in the Bible and works of the flesh add nothing to that. Behind the Words The New Testament was written in Greek,...

    Galatians 4:27 For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband." Truth to Learn Even in the Old Testament, God indicated that...

      Galatians 4:26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. Truth to Learn We can choose freedom through simple faith in Christ or bondage through observance of a set of commands. Behind the Words The word translated “above” is ano, which means...

  Galatians 4:25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— Truth to Learn We have been set free from the slavery which is produced by trying to live by the Law, and we want to...

  Galatians 4:24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— Truth to Learn Living your life under a collection of spiritual rules and guidelines produces bondage. Behind the Words It was pointed out a...

      Galatians 4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, Truth to Learn Works of the flesh, like obeying man made spiritual laws and rules, do not please God. What He wants is faith. Behind...

  Galatians 4:22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. Truth to Learn Obedience comes from faith, which results in God’s blessing. Neither faith nor blessing comes from our own actions, even when we think they are the...