These things may be treated as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.

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

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

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

Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.