A moment in scripture
Galatians 4:25
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For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
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The surrounding passage
- Galatians 4:23
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
- Galatians 4:24
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
- Galatians 4:26
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
- Galatians 4:27
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.