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God did this so that he could buy freedom for those who were under the law. His purpose was to make us his children.

And you are God’s children. That is why God sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts. The Spirit cries out, “Father, dear Father.”[a] So now you are not a slave; you are God’s child, and God will give you what he promised, because you are his child.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:6 “Father, dear Father” Literally, “Abba, Father.” Jewish children called their fathers “Abba.”

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