Galatians 4:1-7 ▼

1 Now I say, for as long a time as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a slave, though being lord of all.

2 But he is under guardians and managers until the appointed time of the father.

3 So also we, when we were children, were enslaved under the elements of the world.

4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, having been born of a woman, having been born under the law,

5 that He might redeem those under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

6 And because you? are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

7 So you are no longer a slave but a son; and if a son, also an heir through God.