29 And (A)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, (B)heirs according to promise.

Sons and Heirs

I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,[a] though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, (C)were enslaved to the elementary principles[b] of the world. But (D)when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, (E)born (F)of woman, born (G)under the law, (H)to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive (I)adoption as sons.

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 7
  2. Galatians 4:3 Or elemental spirits; also verse 9

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