Galatians 4:25
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Cross-reference
Galatians 4:24 introduces the allegory identifying Hagar with the Sinai covenant, which verse 25 then specifies as Mount Sinai in Arabia.
In Galatians 4:3, Paul describes our former slavery under elemental principles – the same bondage that characterizes the present Jerusalem in this allegory.
Galatians 2:4 introduces the same slavery threat from false brothers, setting up the freedom-vs-slavery argument that culminates in the Hagar allegory.
Hebrews 12:18 contrasts Mount Sinai's terror with Mount Zion, mirroring Paul's allegory of Hagar (Sinai) versus the Jerusalem above.
Genesis 16:3 records Hagar being given to Abram, the historical event Paul allegorizes as Mount Sinai representing slavery.
Acts 7:30 explicitly names Mount Sinai as the site of the burning bush, anchoring Paul's allegorical reference to a real biblical location.
Revelation 21:2 presents the new Jerusalem descending as a bride – the opposite of the present Jerusalem in slavery here.
In Matthew 23:37, Jesus laments Jerusalem's rejection of prophets, deepening Paul's point that the present Jerusalem is in slavery due to unbelief.
Luke 13:34 echoes the same lament over Jerusalem's rejection, reinforcing Paul's allegory of Jerusalem's bondage.