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Notwithstanding this higher grade of sonship, the children of promise, the spiritual children of Abraham, are persecuted by the Jews, the mere bodily children of Abraham, as Isaac was persecuted by Ishmael.
Persecuted (ἐδίωκε)
Comp. Gen 21:9, where Ishmael is said to have mocked Isaac (lxx, παίζοντα μετὰ): but the Jewish tradition related that Ishmael said to Isaac: “Let us go and seek our portion in the field.” And Ishmael took his bow and arrows and shot Isaac, pretending that he was in sport. Paul evidently meant something more than jeering.
After the Spirit (κατὰ πνεῦμα)
The divine Spirit, which was the living principle of the promise. Comp. Rom 4:17. The Spirit is called “the Spirit of the promise,” Eph 1:13.