我們也一樣,當我們還是孩童的時候,我們受世界基本規條的轄制。 然而,時候一到,上帝就差遣自己的兒子藉著一位女子降生,並受律法的約束, 為要救贖一切受律法約束的人,使我們成為祂的兒女。

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So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery(A) under the elemental spiritual forces[a] of the world.(B) But when the set time had fully come,(C) God sent his Son,(D) born of a woman,(E) born under the law,(F) to redeem(G) those under the law, that we might receive adoption(H) to sonship.[b](I)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:3 Or under the basic principles
  2. 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.