“So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
4:31 So then - To sum up all. We - Who believe. Are not children of the bondwoman - Have nothing to do with the servile Mosaic dispensation. But of the free - Being free from the curse and the bond of that law, and from the power of sin and Satan.
Ga 4:31 So then, brethren. This, then, is the conclusion. We are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. We Christians are not children of the bondwoman, and are not under the bondage of the law. Dr. Schaff contrasts the two covenants as follows: HAGAR AND ISHMAEL--JUDAISM | SARAH AND ISAAC--CHRISTIANITY ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Old Covenant| The New Covenant The Law | The Gospel Natural Birth | Spiritual Birth Mount Sinai in Arabia | Mount Sion Above The Earthly Jerusalem | The Heavenly Jerusalem Bondage | Freedom Persecuting | Persecuted To be Cast Out and Off | Heirs of the Inheritance