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Galatians 4:1-7 (view passage online)
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Galatians 4:1-7 (view passage online)
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Galatians 4:21-31 (view passage online)
The Hagar and Sarah illustration contrasts the flesh with the spirit. Sarah doubted God and tried the flesh, resulting in the bondwoman persecuting the free woman. Believers must cast out the bondwoman and stand fast in liberty, just as Hebrews 12 contrasts Mount Sinai with Mount Zion.
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Galatians 4:21-31 (view passage online)
Paul uses the allegory of Hagar and Sarah to illustrate the law versus the promise. Hagar represents Mount Sinai and bondage, while Sarah represents the promise and supernatural grace. God counted Abraham as righteous because he believed God.
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Galatians 4:1-20 (view passage online)
The law kept people under guard like children until faith arrived. God sent His Son in the fullness of time so believers could receive adoption as sons. God gives believers a new capacity and motive to fulfill the new covenant command to love one another.