Galatians 4:26 KJV
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Matthew Henry
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Cross References
- Hebrews 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
- Philippians 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
- Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Micah 4:1–2 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. …
- Psalms 87:3–6 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. …
- Song of Solomon 8:1–2 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. …
- Isaiah 2:2–3 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. …
- Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
- Isaiah 62:1–2 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. …
- Isaiah 65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
- Isaiah 66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
- Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
- Hosea 2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
- Hosea 4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
- Joel 3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
- John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
- Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
- Galatians 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
- Revelation 21:10–27 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, …
- Isaiah 52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
- Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- 1 Peter 2:16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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Topics
- Abraham God’s covenant with Abraham
- Church Heavenly Jerusalem
- Judaism 2. Judaizers were a corrupt form of Christianity
- Justification General scriptures concerning Justification
- Minister, Christian Judaizers
- Parables The two covenants
- Women Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ
Places
- JerusalemTown · Location well established
- Places in Galatians 4 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...
Greek and Strong’s
- But δὲ de δέ Conjunction
- Jerusalem Ἡ Hē Pronoun · nominative feminine singular Ἰερουσαλὴμ Ierousalēm Noun · nominative feminine singular Ἱερουσαλήμ Hierousalḗm
- which is above ἄνω anō ἄνω Adverb
- is ἐστίν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
- free ἐλευθέρα eleuthera ἐλεύθερος Adjective · nominative feminine singular
- which ἥτις hētis ὅστις Pronoun · nominative feminine singular
- is ἐστὶν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
- the mother μήτηρ mētēr μήτηρ Noun · nominative feminine singular
- of us ἡμῶν hēmōn Pronoun · first person, genitive plural ἡμῶν hēmōn
- all πάντων pantōn πᾶς Article · genitive masculine plural
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