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to redeem those who were under the law, in order that we through election could receive the inheritance that belongs to the natural sons. Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who cries, Abba, Father! Therefore now you are not a servant, but a son. If you are a son, you are also the heir of God through Christ.

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to redeem(A) those under the law, that we might receive adoption(B) to sonship.[a](C) Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(D) into our hearts,(E) the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[b] Father.”(F) So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.(G)

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Footnotes

  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.
  2. Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father