Galatians 4:1-9 ▼

1 And I say, now as much time as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a servant, [though] being lord of all,

2 but is under tutors and stewards until the time appointed of the father,

3 so we also, when we were children, were in servitude under the elements of the world,

4 and when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

5 that He may redeem those under law, that we may receive the adoption as sons;

6 and because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.

8 But then, indeed, having not known God, you were in servitude to those [that are] not by nature gods,

9 and now, having known God—and rather being known by God—how [do] you turn again to the weak and poor elements to which you desire anew to be in servitude?