Gal 4:26 | TNotes | STEP | 4:26 Just as Hagar represents slavery to human effort based on Mount Sinai (4:24-25 ), Sarah represents freedom in the heavenly Jerusalem , the ideal city of God. Abraham’s true children by faith (3:29 ) now live in the reality of God’s reign in Christ. • she is our mother: Sarah’s child, Isaac, was the freeborn recipient of all of God’s promises apart from the law. Similarly, Jews and Gentiles who live by faith in Christ are Sarah’s true children—they receive God’s promises to Abraham freely apart from the law (3:26-29 ; 4:4-7 ).

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‏ Galatians 4:26

4:26 ^a Just as Hagar represents slavery to human effort based on Mount Sinai (4:24-25 ^b), Sarah represents freedom in the heavenly Jerusalem, the ideal city of God. Abraham’s true children by faith (3:29 ^c) now live in the reality of God’s reign in Christ.

• she is our mother: Sarah’s child, Isaac, was the freeborn recipient of all of God’s promises apart from the law. Similarly, Jews and Gentiles who live by faith in Christ are Sarah’s true children—they receive God’s promises to Abraham freely apart from the law (3:26-29 ^d; 4:4-7 ^e).