Galatians 4:1-9 ▼

1 NOW this I say, That the heir as long as he is young, cannot be distinguished from the servants, though he is the lord of them all.

2 But he is under guardians and stewards, until the time appointed by his father.

3 Even so we, when we were young, were subject to the principles of this world:

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son who, born of a woman, became subject to the law,

5 To redeem them who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying, Abba, Avon,“ O Father, our Father.

7 From now on you are not servants but sons; and if sons, then heirs of God through Jesus Christ.

8 Howbeit then, when you did not know God, you served those things which from their nature were not gods.

9 But now after you have known God, and, above all, are known of God, you turn again to those weak and poor principles, and you wish again to come under their bondage.