those spiritually enslaved individuals who live by law. Cf. Gen. 16:1–4; 21:1–12. Those who suppose that by using this kind of an argument Paul arrives at an interpretation that is fallacious, far-fetched, and fantastic, betraying the influence of his own early training in worthless rabbinical methods of exegesis, do him an injustice, and are themselves guilty of misinterpretation, for they misinterpret the apostle. What his allegory really amounts to is an obvious lesson plus a self-invited comparison,