Galatians 4:26 (Jerusalem above is free, our mother)

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Galatians 4:26 is a New Testament verse in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians that speaks of the heavenly Jerusalem as a free, spiritual mother of believers, often highlighted in Christian liturgy and theology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible verse ⓘ
New Testament verse ⓘ
addressesAudience Galatian Christians ⓘ
associatedImage heavenly city as mother ⓘ
authorAttributedTo Paul the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Paul
book Galatians ⓘ
canonicalLocation New Testament ⓘ
chapter 4 ⓘ
citedBy early Church Fathers ⓘ
citedIn patristic exegesis ⓘ
contextWithinChapter allegory of Hagar and Sarah ⓘ
contrastConcept earthly Jerusalem ⓘ
contrastWith Galatians 4:25 ⓘ
describesAs free ⓘ
our mother ⓘ
genreContext epistolary argument ⓘ
influences Christian ecclesiology ⓘ
Christian eschatology ⓘ
interpretedAs symbol of the Church ⓘ
symbol of the heavenly city ⓘ
keyTerm Jerusalem ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
mother ⓘ
languageOriginal Koine Greek ⓘ
literaryDevice allegory ⓘ
mentions Jerusalem above ⓘ
partOf Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ
Galatians chapter 4 ⓘ
relatedConcept children of promise ⓘ
new covenant ⓘ
spiritual lineage ⓘ
scripturalReferenceForm Gal 4:26 ⓘ
scripturalStatus canonical in most Christian Bibles ⓘ
themeRelation freedom from the law ⓘ
identity of believers ⓘ
theologicalTheme Christian freedom ⓘ
allegory of two Jerusalems ⓘ
heavenly Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: New Jerusalem

spiritual motherhood ⓘ
traditionUsedIn Catholic theology ⓘ
Orthodox theology ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine theology

Protestant theology ⓘ
usedIn Christian liturgy ⓘ
Christian preaching ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
verseNumber 26 ⓘ

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Laetare Sunday → scripturalAssociation → Galatians 4:26 (Jerusalem above is free, our mother) ⓘ
Galatians 4:26 → contrastWith → Galatians 4:25 ⓘ
linked to: Galatians 4:26 (Jerusalem above is free, our mother)