and when he chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might preach him to the Gentiles, instead of consulting with any human being,

If it is discovered that in our quest for justification in Christ we are 'sinners' as well as the Gentiles, does that make Christ an agent of sin? Never!

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, Christ lives in me; the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

but Scripture has consigned all without exception to the custody of sin, in order that the promise due to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who have faith.

but when the time had fully expired, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

It is because you are sons that God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying 'Abba! Father!'

So you are servant no longer but son, and as son you are also heir, all owing to God.

but while the son of the slave-woman was born by the flesh, the son of the free-woman was born by the promise.

Now this is an allegory. The women are two covenants. One comes from mount Sinai, bearing children for servitude; that is Hagar,

for mount Sinai is away in Arabia. She corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for the latter is in servitude with her children.

but just as in the old days the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit, so it is still to-day.

However, what does the scripture say? Put away the slave-woman and her son, for the son of the slave-woman shall not be heir along with the son of the free-woman.