{The bondservant} (ho doulos) ... {the son} (ho huios).
There is a change in the metaphor by this contrast between the
positions of the son and the slave in the house. The slave has no
footing or tenure and may be cast out at any moment while the son
is the heir and has a permanent place. Cf. Ishmael and Isaac ( Ge
21:10 ) and Paul's use of it in Ga 4:30 . We do not know that
there is any reference here to Hagar and Ishmael. See also Heb
3:5 ( Nu 12:7 ) for a like contrast between Moses as servant
( herap(936e)) in God's house and Christ as Son (huios) over
God's house.
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