Galatians:4:22-30
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For it is written ,
that Abraham had two sons ,
the one by a bondmaid ,
the other by a freewoman .
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But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh ;
but he of the freewoman was by promise .
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Which things are an allegory :
for these are the two covenants ;
the one from the mount Sinai ,
which gendereth to bondage ,
which is Agar .
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For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia ,
and answereth to Jerusalem which now is ,
and is in bondage with her children .
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But Jerusalem which is above is free ,
which is the mother of us all .
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For it is written ,
Rejoice ,
thou barren that bearest not ;
break forth and cry ,
thou that travailest not :
for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband .
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Now we ,
brethren ,
as Isaac was ,
are the children of promise .
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But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit ,
even so it is now .
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Nevertheless what saith the scripture ?
Cast out the bondwoman and her son :
for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman .