Galatians 4:26

4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free, ¹  and she is our mother.

Galatians 5:20

5:20 idolatry, sorcery, ²  hostilities, ³  strife, ⁴  jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, ⁵  factions,

Galatians 5:26

5:26 Let us not become conceited, ⁶  provoking ⁷  one another, being jealous ⁸  of one another.

¹ sn The meaning of the statement the Jerusalem above is free is that the other woman represents the second covenant (cf. v. 24); she corresponds to the Jerusalem above that is free. Paul’s argument is very condensed at this point.

² tn Or “witchcraft.”

³ tn Or “enmities,” “[acts of] hatred.”

⁴ tn Or “discord” (L&N 39.22).

⁵ tn Or “discord(s)” (L&N 39.13).

³ tn Or “falsely proud.”

⁴ tn Or “irritating.” BDAG 871 s.v. προκαλέω has “provoke, challenge τινά someone.”

⁵ tn Or “another, envying one another.”