26But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.


In Context

23 However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

27 For it is written, |Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband.|

28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

Galatians 4:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:26But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:26But that Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is our mother.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:26But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:26but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:26But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:26and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.