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NASB | Galatians 4:28 And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 4:28 And we, [believing] brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children [not merely of physical descent, like Ishmael, but are children born] of promise [born miraculously]. |
Bible Question: What does it mean that,we believers are "children of promise"? |
Bible Answer: Abraham was promised that he would have through his son many descendants. At the same time, he was promised spiritual descendants when he was told that he would be the father of many nations (Genesis 17:4). As believers Abraham is the father of us all. Isaac was born as a consequence of this promise that God made to his father, not through any efforts of Abraham. In fact, Abraham and Sarah were far beyond the age for child bearing. Isaac was conceived by the power of God. In the same way, we are born again, not through normal means (John 1:13), but because of the promise to Abraham, through the Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:16). Acts 17:28 "For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring." |
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