Galatians 2:15

Jews and Gentiles are Justified by Faith

2:15 We are Jews by birth ¹  and not Gentile sinners, ² 

Galatians 4:10-11

4:10 You are observing religious ³  days and months and seasons and years. 4:11 I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

Galatians 4:26

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

[2:15]  ¹ tn Grk “by nature.”

[2:15]  ² tn Grk “and not sinners from among the Gentiles.”

[4:10]  ³ tn The adjective “religious” has been supplied in the translation to make clear that the problem concerns observing certain days, etc. in a religious sense (cf. NIV, NRSV “special days”). In light of the polemic in this letter against the Judaizers (those who tried to force observance of the Mosaic law on Gentile converts to Christianity) this may well be a reference to the observance of Jewish Sabbaths, feasts, and other religious days.

[4:26]  ⁵ 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.