Galatia 4:28-29

4:28 But you, ¹  brothers and sisters, ²  are children of the promise like Isaac. 4:29 But just as at that time the one born by natural descent ³  persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, ⁴  so it is now.

Roma 9:7-8

9:7 nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.” ⁵  9:8 This means ⁶  it is not the children of the flesh ⁷  who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

[4:28]  ¹ tc Most mss (א A C D² Ψ 062 Ï lat sy bo) read “we” here, while “you” is found in Ì⁴⁶ B D* F G 0261^vid 0278 33 1739 al sa. It is more likely that a copyist, noticing the first person pronouns in vv. 26 and 31, changed a second person pronoun here to first person for consistency.

[4:28]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.

[4:29]  ³ tn Grk “according to the flesh”; see the note on the phrase “by natural descent” in 4:23.

[4:29]  ⁴ tn Or “the one born by the Spirit’s [power].”

[9:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “be called.” The emphasis here is upon God’s divine sovereignty in choosing Isaac as the child through whom Abraham’s lineage would be counted as opposed to Ishmael.

[9:7]  sn A quotation from Gen 21:12.

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “That is,” or “That is to say.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Because it forms the counterpoint to “the children of promise” the expression “children of the flesh” has been retained in the translation.

[9:8]  sn The expression the children of the flesh refers to the natural offspring.