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1 But I say that, so long as the heir is a child, he differs in nothing from a slave, though he is lord of all; 2 but is under guardians and stewards, until the time appointed by the father. 3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world. 4 But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5 that He might redeem those under law, that, we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And, because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba," Father. 7 So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, also an heir through God. 8 But then, indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which by nature are no gods; 9 but, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how are ye turning back again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire to be in bondage again? Galatians 4:1-9, Worrell New Testament. Public domain.
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