Galatians 4:22

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Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus II.3Book II

  “For it is written, that Abraham had two sons;” and so on, down to the place, “which things are an allegory,” etc.? And how have they abandoned the law of their fathers, who are ever speaking of the usages of their fathers in such words as these: “Or does not the law say these things also?” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 21, 22, 24.

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• Origen, Against Celsus IV.44Book IV

  “Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. iv. 21–24.

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• Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV

  “Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 21–24.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.8Conference XIV

  “For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not, break forth and cry, thou that travailest not, for many are the children of the desolate more than of her that hath an husband.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–27.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120

  “Now ye know that Abraham had two sons, whom indeed the Apostle mentioneth, and declareth them to have been types of the two covenants…Ishmael therefore was in darkness, Isaac in light.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22, etc.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Lying Chapter 26

  “…people, (for not monsters and prodigies were born, to lead the mind to some presignification,) nevertheless asserteth that they signify the two Testaments; and saith of that marvellous benefit which God bestowed upon His people Israel to rescue them out of the bondage in which they in Egypt were oppressed, and of…” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–24

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Profit of Believing Chapter 8

  “But that Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–26

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 39

  ““We know that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free-woman;” this was literally a fact, not only a story, but a fact; are ye looking for that which was figured in it?” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.2Book XV

  “And we, brethren, are not children of the bond woman, but of the free, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 21–31.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.3Book XVII

  “…to God in the earth: but there are some things among them which are understood to pertain to both,—to the bond maid properly, to the free woman figuratively.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–31.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 11

  “Hence, that Jerusalem on earth was the shadow of the heavenly Jerusalem, the mother of us all, which is in heaven; and these are the apostle’s words.” — editor's note: Gen. xxi. 10; Gal. iv. 22–30.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 117

  “…to the Jerusalem that is free, our eternal mother in heaven, the spiritual Sarah, who casteth out the bond maid and her children from the house of liberty.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–31.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 16

  “But if he receive not this, who is diseased with the Manichæan doctrines,let him hear Paul saying the very same in another place, “For Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid, and another by the freewoman; and these are two covenants.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 123

  “Hagar and Sarah, or Sinai and Zion, are typical of the two testaments.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22–26.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 6

  “What that digamy of Abraham portends, the same apostle fully teaches, the interpreter of each testament, just as he likewise lays it down that our “seed” is called in Isaac.” — editor's note: See Gal. iv. 21–31.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion III.4Book III

  “…them with drink was Christ; teaching the Galatians, moreover, that the two narratives of the sons of Abraham had an allegorical meaning in their course; and to the Ephesians giving an intimation that, when it was declared in the beginning that a man should leave his father and mother and become one flesh with…” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 22, 24.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.3Book V

  “…the promise of (Christ’s) holy church; by reason of which he adds in conclusion: “So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond woman, but of the free.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 21–26, 31.

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, On the Baptism of Christ

  “Hagar, the handmaid of Abraham (whom Paul treats allegorically in reasoning with the Galatians), being sent forth from her master’s house by the anger of Sarah—for a servant suspected in regard to her master is a hard thing for lawful wives to bear—was…” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. iv. 22, &c. See Gen. xxi

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• Hebrews 8:8

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.

• Hebrews 8:9

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.

• Hebrews 8:10

  Cited together in The City of God XVII.3.

• Genesis 25:13

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Genesis 26:15

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Genesis 28:12

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Exodus 3:17

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.

• Deuteronomy 26:9

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.

• Deuteronomy 26:15

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.

• Psalm 61:2

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 84:5

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:1

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:2

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:4

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Psalm 120:7

  Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.

• Proverbs 5:15

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Proverbs 5:16

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Proverbs 5:17

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Isaiah 41:18

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.

• Isaiah 41:19

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.

• Joel 3:18

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.

• Romans 9:22

  Cited together in The City of God XV.2.

• Romans 9:23

  Cited together in The City of God XV.2.

• 1 Corinthians 9:8

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.3.

• 1 Corinthians 9:9

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.3 and 1 other place.

• 1 Corinthians 9:10

  Cited together in Against Celsus II.3.

• 1 Corinthians 10:4

  Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4 and 1 other place.

• 1 Corinthians 10:5

  Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.

• 1 Corinthians 10:7

  Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.

• 1 Corinthians 10:8

  Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.

• 1 Corinthians 10:10

  Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.