1 We were under the law till Christ came, as the heir is under the guardian till he be of age.
5 But Christ freed us from the law;
7 therefore we are servants no longer to it.
14 He remembers their good will to him, and his to them;
22 and shows that we are the sons of Abraham by the freewoman.

That. 23,29 Ge 24:2,3 2Ki 10:1,2 11:12 12:2

2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

when. 3:19,24,25

in. 9,25,31 2:4 3:23 5:1 Mt 11:28 Joh 8:31 Ac 15:10 Ro 8:15

elements. or, rudiments. 9 Col 2:8,20 Heb 7:16

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

the fulness. Ge 49:10 Da 9:24-26 Mal 3:1 Mr 1:15 Ac 1:7 Eph 1:10 Heb 9:10

God. Isa 48:16 Zec 2:8-11 Joh 3:16 6:38 8:42 10:36 1Jo 4:9,10,14

made. Isa 9:6,7 Mic 5:2 Zec 6:12 Lu 2:10,11 Joh 1:14 Ro 1:3 9:5 Php 2:6-8 1Ti 3:16 Heb 2:14 10:5-7 1Jo 4:2

of a. Ge 3:15 Isa 7:14 Jer 31:22 Mic 5:3 Mt 1:23 Lu 1:31,35 2:7

made under. Mt 3:15 5:17 Lu 2:21-27 Ro 15:8 Col 2:14

5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

redeem. 21 3:13 Mt 20:28 Lu 1:68 Ac 20:28 Eph 1:7 5:2 Col 1:13-20 Tit 2:14 Heb 1:3 9:12,15 1Pe 1:18-20 3:18 Re 5:9 14:3

that we. 7 3:26 Joh 1:12 Ro 8:19,23 9:4 Eph 1:5

6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

God. Lu 11:13 Joh 7:39 14:16 Ro 5:5 8:15-17 2Co 1:22 Eph 1:13 4:30

the Spirit. Joh 3:34 15:26 16:7 Ro 5:5 8:9,15 1Co 15:45 Php 1:19 1Pe 1:11 Re 19:10

crying. Isa 44:3-5 Jer 3:4,19 Mt 6:6-9 Lu 11:2 Ro 8:26,27 Eph 2:18 Eph 6:18 Heb 4:14-16 Jude 1:20

7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

thou. 1,2,5,6,31 5:1

but. See on ch. 3:26

if. 3:29 Ro 8:16,17

heir. Ge 15:1 17:7,8 Ps 16:5 73:26 Jer 10:16 31:33 32:38-41 La 3:24 1Co 3:21-23 2Co 6:16-18 Re 21:7

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

when. Ex 5:2 Jer 10:25 Joh 1:10 Ac 17:23,30 Ro 1:28 1Co 1:21 Eph 2:11,12 4:18 1Th 4:5 2Th 1:8 1Jo 3:1

ye did. Jos 24:2,15 Ps 115:4-8 135:15-18 Isa 44:9-20 Jer 10:3-16 Ac 14:12 17:29 Ro 1:23 1Co 8:4 10:19,20 12:2 1Th 1:9 1Pe 4:3

9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

ye have. 1Ki 8:43 1Ch 28:9 Ps 9:10 Pr 2:5 Jer 31:34 Hab 2:14 Mt 11:27 Joh 17:3 1Co 15:34 2Co 4:6 Eph 1:17 2Pe 2:20 1Jo 2:3,4 5:20

are known. Ex 33:17 Ps 1:6 Joh 10:14,27 Ro 8:29 1Co 8:3 13:12 2Ti 2:19

how. 3:3 Ro 8:3 Col 2:20-23 Heb 7:18

again. or, back. Heb 10:38,39

elements. or, rudiments. 3

10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

Le 23:1-44 25:1,13 Nu 28:1-29:40 Ro 14:5 Col 2:16,17

11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

am. 20 2Co 11:2,3 12:20,21

lest. 2:2 5:2-4 Isa 49:4 Ac 16:6 1Co 15:58 Php 2:16 1Th 3:5 2Jo 1:8

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

be. 2:14 6:14 Ge 34:15 1Ki 22:4 Ac 21:21 1Co 9:20-23 Php 3:7,8

ye. 2Co 2:5

13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

through. 1Co 2:3 2Co 10:10 11:6,30 12:7-10 13:4

at. 1:6 Ac 16:6

14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

ye. 13 Job 12:5 Ps 119:141 Ec 9:16 Isa 53:2,3 1Co 1:28 4:10 1Th 4:8

an angel. 2Sa 14:17 19:27 Zec 12:8 Mal 2:7 Heb 13:2

as Christ. Mt 10:40 18:5 25:40 Lu 10:16 Joh 13:20 2Co 5:20 1Th 2:13

15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

Where is. or, What was. the blessedness. 3:14 5:22 6:4 Lu 8:13 Ro 4:6-9 5:2 15:13

I bear. Ro 10:2 2Co 8:3 Col 4:13

if. 19 Ro 9:3 1Th 2:8 5:13 1Jo 3:16-18

16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

become. 3:1-4 1Ki 18:17,18 21:20 22:8,27 2Ch 24:20-22 25:16 Ps 141:5 Pr 9:8 Joh 7:7 8:45

because. 2:5,14 5:7

17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

zealously. 6:12,13 Mt 23:15 Ro 10:2 16:18 1Co 11:2 2Co 11:3,13-15 Php 2:21 2Pe 2:3,18

exclude you. or, exclude us. 1Co 4:8,18

18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

it is. Nu 25:11-13 Ps 69:9 119:139 Isa 59:17 Joh 2:17 1Co 15:58 Tit 2:14 Re 3:19

I am. 20 Php 1:27 2:12

19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

little. 1Co 4:14 1Ti 1:2 Tit 1:4 Phm 1:10,19 Jas 1:18 1Jo 2:1,12 5:21

of. Nu 11:11,12 Isa 53:11 Lu 22:44 Php 1:8 2:17 Col 2:1 4:12 Heb 5:7 Re 12:1,2

Christ. Ro 8:29 13:14 Eph 4:24 Php 2:5 Col 1:27 3:10

20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

to be. 1Co 4:19-21 1Th 2:17,18 3:9

stand in doubt of you. or, am perplexed for you. 11

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

ye that. 9 3:10,23,24 Ro 6:14 7:5,6 9:30-32 10:3-10

do. Mt 21:42-44 22:29-32 Joh 5:46,47

the law. Joh 10:34 12:34 15:25 Ro 3:19

22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

that. Ge 16:2-4,15 21:1,2,10

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

born. Ro 9:7,8

but. Ge 17:15-19 18:10-14 21:1,2 Ro 4:18-21 10:8 Heb 11:11

24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

an allegory. Eze 20:49 Ho 11:10 Mt 13:35 1Co 10:11 *Gr: Heb 11:19

for. 25 Lu 22:19,20 1Co 10:4

the two. 3:15-21 Heb 7:22 8:6-13 9:15-24 10:15-18 12:24 13:20

covenants. or, testament. Sinai. Gr. Sina. which. 5:1 Ro 8:15

Agar. Ge 16:3,4,8,15,16 21:9-13 25:12

Hagar.

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

is. 24

Sinai. De 33:2 Jud 5:5 Ps 68:8,17 Heb 12:18

Arabia. 1:17 Ac 1:11

answereth to. or, is in the same rank with. her. Mt 23:37 Lu 13:34 19:44

26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Jerusalem. Ps 87:3-6 Isa 2:2,3 52:9 62:1,2 65:18 66:10 Joe 3:17 Mic 4:1,2 Php 3:20 Heb 12:22 Re 3:12 21:2,10-27

free. 22 5:1 Joh 8:36 Ro 6:14,18 1Pe 2:16

mother. So 8:1,2 Isa 50:1 Ho 2:2,5 4:5 Re 17:5

27 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.

Rejoice. Isa 54:1-5

barren. 1Sa 2:5 Ps 113:9

desolate. Ru 1:11-13 4:14-16 2Sa 13:20 Isa 49:21 1Ti 5:5

28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

23 3:29 Ac 3:25 Ro 4:13-18 9:8,9

29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

he that. Ge 21:9

after the Spirit. Joh 3:5 15:9 Ro 8:1,13

even. 5:11 6:12-14 Mt 23:34-37 1Th 2:14,15 Heb 10:33,34

30 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.

what. 3:8,22 Ro 4:3 11:2 Jas 4:5

Cast. Ge 21:10-12 Ro 11:7-11

for. Joh 8:35 Ro 8:15-17

31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

we. 5:1,13 Joh 1:12,13 8:36 Heb 2:14,15 1Jo 3:1,2