Galatians 4:26

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

Galatians 5:4

5:4 You who are trying to be declared righteous ²  by the law have been alienated ³  from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

Galatians 5:19

5:19 Now the works of the flesh ⁴  are obvious: ⁵  sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

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 “trying to be justified.” The verb δικαιοῦσθε (dikaiousqe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534).

³ tn Or “estranged”; BDAG 526 s.v. καταργέω 4 states, “Of those who aspire to righteousness through the law κ. ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ be estranged from Christ Gal 5:4.”

³ tn See the note on the word “flesh” in Gal 5:13.

⁴ tn Or “clear,” “evident.”