nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.

Then three years later, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him for fifteen days.

Then fourteen years later, I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery along with her children.

But the heavenly Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our spiritual mother.