By faithevenSarahherselfreceivedabilityto conceive,evenbeyondthe proper timeof life,sinceshe consideredHim faithfulwho had promised.
The womanconceivedand borea sonat that seasonthe nextyear,as Elishahad saidto her.
"And behold,evenyour relativeElizabethhas alsoconceiveda sonin her old age;and she who was calledbarrenis now in her sixthmonth.
That is, it is not the childrenof the fleshwhoare childrenof God,but the childrenof the promiseare regardedas descendants.
But the son by the bondwomanwas bornaccordingto the flesh,and the son by the free womanthroughthe promise.
Let us hold fastthe confessionof our hopewithout wavering,for He who promisedis faithful;
