Galatians 4:21-31
An Allegory of Two Covenants
21Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not alisten to the Law? 22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, aone by the servant-woman and bone by the free woman. 23But athe son by the servant-woman had been born according to the flesh, while bthe son by the free woman through the promise. 241,aThis is 2spoken with allegory, for these women are two covenants: one from bMount Sinai bearing children into cslavery; 3she is Hagar. 25Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26But athe Jerusalem above is free; 1she is our mother. 27For it is written, “aRejoice, barren woman who does not give birth;Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;For more numerous are the children of the desolate oneThan of the one who has a husband.”
28And you brothers, ain accordance with Isaac, are bchildren of promise. 29But as at that time ahe who was born according to the flesh bwas persecuting him who was born according to the Spirit, cso it is now also. 30But what does the Scripture say? “aCast out the servant-woman and her son,For bthe son of the servant-woman shall not be an heir with the son of the free woman.”
31So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant-woman, 1but of the free woman.