Galatians 4:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.”
Galatians 4:27 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Galatians 4:2725 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Galatians 4:27
“Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not, break forth and cry, you that travailest not, for more are the children of the desolate than of her which has the husband.” Isaiah 54:1 Who is this who before was “barren,” and “desolate?” Clearly it is the Church of the Gentiles, that was before deprived of the knowledge of God? Who, “she which has the husband?” plainly the Synagogue. Yet the barren woman surpassed her in the number of her children, for the other embraces one nation,…
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