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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:21-31

In these verses the apostle illustrates the difference between believers who rested in Christ only and those judaizers who trusted in the law, by a comparison taken from the story of Isaac and Ishmael. This he introduces in such a manner as was proper to strike and impress their minds, and to convince them of their great weakness in departing from the truth, and suffering themselves to be deprived of the liberty of the gospel: Tell me, says he, you that desire to be under the law, do you not... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Galatians 4:21-31

4:21-31 Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands written in it that Abraham had two sons; one was the son of the slave girl and one was the son of the free woman. But the son of the slave girl was born in the ordinary human way, whereas the son of the free woman was born through a promise. Now these things are an allegory. For these two women stand for two covenants. One of these covenants--the one which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:23

But he who was of the bondwoman ,.... Ishmael, who was begotten and born of Hagar, was born after the flesh ; after the common order and course of nature, through the copulation of two persons, the one able to procreate, and the other fit for the conception of children; and was typical of the Jews, the natural descendants of Abraham, who, as such, and upon that account, were not the children of God, nor heirs of the eternal inheritance: but he of the free woman was by promise ; by a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:23

Was born after the flesh - Ishmael was born according to the course of nature, his parents being both of a proper age, so that there was nothing uncommon or supernatural in his birth: this is the proper meaning of the apostle's κατα σαρκα , after or according to the flesh, and answers to the Hebrew phrase, בשר דרך על al derec basar , according to the manner of the flesh, i.e. naturally, according to the common process of nature. By promise - Both Abraham and Sarah had passed that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:23

Verse 23 23.But he who was of the bond woman. Both were sons of Abraham according to the flesh; but in Isaac there was this peculiarity, that he had the promise of grace. In Ishmael there was nothing besides nature; in Isaac there was the election of God, signified in part by the manner of his birth, which was not in the ordinary course, but miraculous. Yet there is an indirect reference to the calling of the Gentiles, and the rejection of the Jews: for the latter boast of their ancestry, while... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 4:21-23

An appeal to Bible history. "Tell me, ye that desire to be under the Law, do ye not hear the Law?" The apostle makes a fresh appeal to convince the Galatians of the essential difference between the Law and the promise. The reasoning is conveyed in language of affectionate remonstrance. Consider— I. THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS ARGUMENT . The Law itself, upon which the Galatians laid such stress, showed that they were not meant to be under it. If he could prove from the Law of Moses... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 4:21-31

The allegory of Hagar. Writing to men who were unduly subservient to the Jewish Law, St. Paul clenches his argument with an appeal to what he regards as the typical meaning of the history contained in that very Law. This was an argumentum ad homines. It is important, when possible, to convince men on their own ground. Among believers in Scripture, arguments are naturally drawn from Scripture, Only it is necessary to bear in mind that there are different "views ' of Scripture; so that we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 4:23

But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh ( ἀλλ ̓ ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται ); howbeit the son by the handmaid is shown as born (or, begotten ) after the flesh. The ἀλλὰ is strongly adversative; both, indeed, were sons of Abraham, but there was a marked distinction in the way in which they severally came into being. The apostle has evidently in his eye the analogy presented by the natural birth of the Jewish descendants from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:23

But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh - In the ordinary course of nature, without any special promise, or any unusual divine interposition, as in the case of Isaac.But he of the free woman ... - The birth of Isaac was in accordance with a special promise, and by a remarkable divine interposition; see Genesis 18:10; Genesis 21:1-2; Hebrews 11:11-12; compare the notes at Romans 4:19-21. The idea here of Paul is, that the son of the slave was in a humble and inferior condition... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 4:21-23

Galatians 4:21-23. Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law Of Moses, as the rule of your justification; do ye not hear the law? Regard what it says? how it teaches that Abraham’s children, by faith, who are heirs of the promises, are free from the bondage of the law? “The argument the apostle is going to use being taken from the law of Moses, was urged with much propriety, not only against the Judaizers, who affirmed that obedience to the law of Moses was necessary to men’s salvation,... read more

ガラテヤ人への手紙 4:23, ガラテヤ人への手紙 4:28 Jcb

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:21-31

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Galatians 4:21-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 4:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 4:21-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 4:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 4:21-23

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