Slavery or Freedom (Galatians 4:21-31)

Galatians 4:31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

So far in Paul's letter to the Galatians, he has made multiple appeals for the believers to remember the freedom they experienced at the time of their salvation and not revert to the bondage of the law that the false teachers are wanting them to adopt. In this section, Paul once again pulls from his opponents textbook to illustrate the difference between living under the law and living by grace. This time, Paul will cite the story of Sarah and Hagar told in Genesis 16 to illustrate the two covenants- old and new-that God made with his people.