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

What does Galatians 4:28 mean?

The history thus explained is applied. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free.

Key themes

HopeGraceJustificationFreedom

Read with

Keep this verse inside Galatians 4:24-28 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

Glossary

Isaac Person

Laughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes ( Amos 7:9 , 16). (2. ) The only son of Abraham by Sarah. He was the longest lived of the three patriarchs ( Gen. 21:1-3 ).