## false brothers sent in secretly ## "people who pretended to be Christians who came to cause harm without anyone knowing about it" ## spy ## secretly look at people to see what they are doing in order to harm them ## liberty ## freedom (see UDB) ## They desired ## "These spies desired" or "These false brothers desired" ## to make us slaves to the law ## "to force us to obey the law." "The law" here refers following Jewish rituals, most importantly circumcision. (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) ## yield in submission ## "submit" or "listen" ## might remain unchanged for you ## "will continue in you" or "will remain unchanged for you" or "will stay unchanged for you" ## you ## plural