This is what the Scripture says: “God’s teaching is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart.” {\cf2\super [103]} That teaching is the teaching of faith that we tell people.
Galatians 4:23 - Easy To Read Version Abraham’s son from the slave woman was born in the normal human way. But the son from the free woman was born because of the promise \{God made to Abraham\}. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But whereas the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise. American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise. Common English Bible The son by the slave woman was conceived the normal way, but the son by the free woman was conceived through a promise. Catholic Public Domain Version And he who was of the servant was born according to the flesh. But he who was of the free woman was born by the promise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he who was of the bondwoman, was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman, was by promise. |
This is what the Scripture says: “God’s teaching is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart.” {\cf2\super [103]} That teaching is the teaching of faith that we tell people.
The Scriptures {\cf2\super [53]} say that Abraham {\cf2\super [54]} had two sons. The mother of one son was a slave woman. The mother of the other son was a free woman.
Abraham was too old to have children. And Sarah was not able to have children. But Abraham had faith in God, and so God made them able to have children. Abraham trusted God to do the things he promised.