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Butἀλλ’just asὥσπερthenτότεthe oneὁbornγεννηθεὶςaccording toκατὰthe fleshσάρκαpersecutedἐδίωκεthe one bornτὸνaccording toκατὰthe Spirit,πνεῦμαsoοὕτωςit isalsoκαὶnow.νῦν
Galatians 4:29
Study it in the app“But just as then the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is also now.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 4:29, word by word
- just asὥσπερhōsper
just as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appears- thenτότεtote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appears- bornγεννηθεὶςgennētheis
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “gennētheis” appears- the fleshσάρκαsarka
flesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarka” appears- persecutedἐδίωκεediōke
persecute
To go after someone to harm them.
Where else “ediōke” appears- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears
Translation note
It recalls Genesis 21:9.
The context
28And you, brothers, are children of promise like Isaac.
29 · This verse (above)
30But what does the Scripture say? Drive out the slave woman and her son; for the son of the slave woman will never inherit with the son of the free woman.