3 When we were Hebrews, we were fatherless – we had (only) our mother. But when we became Christians, we gained both father and mother. (GPH)
Gospel of Philip 1:3
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2 Clement 2:2–4
2 And in that He said, Cry aloud, thou that travailest not , He meaneth this; Let us not, like women in travail, grow weary of offering up our prayers with simplicity to God. (2CL) 3 Again, in that He said, For the children of the desolate are more than of her that hath… (2CL)
Romans 9:9–11
9 For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” 10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. 11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order t…
Galatians 4:21–23
21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. 23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by t…
Gospel of Philip 1:62–64
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4 Maccabees 17:5–7
5 Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as you are established as honorable before God, and fixed in the sky with your sons whom you illuminated with religion to the stars. (WEB) 6 For your bearing of children was after the manner of a child of… (WEB) 7 … (WEB)
Galatians 4:30–31
30 But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” 31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Lamentations 5:2–4
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. 3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows. 4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
Galatians 4:25–27
25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; bre…
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