为要救赎律法之下的人,好使我们得到儿子的名份。 而且因你们是儿子,神就派遣他儿子的灵进入你们[a]的心,呼叫:“阿爸!父啊!” 这样,你不再是奴仆,却是儿子了;既然是儿子,就藉着神,也是继承人[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 加拉太书 4:6 你们——有古抄本作“我们”。
  2. 加拉太书 4:7 藉着神,也是继承人——有古抄本作“藉着基督,也是神的继承人”。

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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  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

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

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