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Galatians 4:28

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

KJV

ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐστέ.

Greek NT

Nos autem, fratres, secundum Isaac promissionis filii sumus.

Vulgate

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

ASV

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

Douay-Rheims

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People Isaac

In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
Ἰσαάκ
isaak
noun · 20×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ὑμεῖς δέ ἀδελφοί κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐστέ , , | Treg/NIV: ὑμεῖς δέ … τέκνα ἐστέ | WH/RP: ἡμεῖς δὲ … τέκνα ἐσμέν
  • ὑμεῖς δέ ἀδελφοί κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐστέ , , — SBLGNT
  • ὑμεῖς δέ … τέκνα ἐστέ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἡμεῖς δὲ … τέκνα ἐσμέν — Westcott-Hort, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§723In Mary, the Holy Spirit fulfills the plan of the Father's loving goodness. With and through the Holy Spirit, the Virgin conceives and gives birth to the Son of God. By the Holy Spirit's power and her faith, her virginity became uniquely fruitful.105
Recapitulation of the foregoing argument, showing that Abraham, through the revelation of the Word, knew the Father, and the coming of the Son of God. For this cause, he rejoiced to see the day of Christ, when the promises made to him should be fulfilled. The fruit of this rejoicing has flowed to posterity, viz., to those who are partakers in the faith of Abraham, but not to th…
In that flesh in which the saints have suffered so many afflictions, they shall receive the fruits of their labours; especially since all creation waits for this, and God promises it to Abraham and his seed. 1. Inasmuch, therefore, as the opinions of certain [orthodox persons] are derived from heretical discourses, they are both ignorant of God's dispensations, and of the myste…

Cross-references

  • Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
  • Gal 3:9 — So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
  • Gal 3:29 — And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Gal 4:23 — But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
  • Gal 4:23 — But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
  • Gen 15:4 — And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
  • Gen 17:19 — And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
  • Gen 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
  • Gen 21:1 — And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
  • Gen 25:5 — And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
  • Rom 4:13 — For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
  • Rom 9:8 — That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.