Galatians 4:29

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But just as at that time the child who was born according to the flesh persecuted the child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.

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But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

One, the child of the slave, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born through the promise.

But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.