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Andδέyou,ὑμεῖςbrothers,ἀδελφοίareἐστέchildrenτέκναof promiseἐπαγγελίαςlikeκατὰIsaac.Ἰσαὰκ
Galatians 4:28
Study it in the app“And you, brothers, are children of promise like Isaac.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 4:28, word by word
- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- areἐστέeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- childrenτέκναtekna
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appears- of promiseἐπαγγελίαςepangelias
promise
Promise.
Where else “epangelias” appears- IsaacἸσαὰκIsaak
Isaac
Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, the son of the promise.
Where else “Isaak” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “we … are.”
The context
27For it is written: Rejoice, barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; because many are the children of the desolate one, more than of her who has a husband.
28 · This verse (above)
29But just as then the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is also now.