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in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.(A)

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to redeem(A) those under the law, that we might receive adoption(B) to sonship.[a](C)

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  1. Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our[a] hearts, crying, “Abba![b] Father!”(A)

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  1. 4.6 Other ancient authorities read your
  2. 4.6 Aramaic for Father

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(A) into our hearts,(B) the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[a] Father.”(C)

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  1. Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father

for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.(A)

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For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid,(A) but gives us power,(B) love and self-discipline.

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15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.(A)

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15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear(A) of death.

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