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24 Now all this is an allegory; these [two women] represent two covenants. One covenant originated from Mount Sinai [where the Law was given] and bears [children destined] for slavery; this is Hagar.

25 Now Hagar is (stands for) Mount Sinai in Arabia and she corresponds to and belongs in the same category with the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage together with her children.

26 But the Jerusalem above ([a]the Messianic kingdom of Christ) is free, and she is our mother.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:26 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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