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But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
Note 9 at Gal. 4:29: In the same way that Ishmael persecuted Isaac, the child of promise (Gen. 21:9), so it is now. Those who rely on the flesh (the law) persecute those born of the Spirit (those who have been saved by grace).
There have always been and will always be only two kinds of religion. Those of faith (grace) and those of works (law). Those of law will always continue to persecute those of grace (consider Cain and Abel-Gen. 4:3-8).
