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that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;

and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'

so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an 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