So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then (A)an heir through God.

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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.

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 7

21 So (A)let no one boast in men. For (B)all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and (C)you are Christ's, and (D)Christ is God's.

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26 for in Christ Jesus (A)you are all sons of God, through faith.

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16 (A)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then (B)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (C)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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(A)to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive (B)adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent (C)the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

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31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but (A)of the free woman.

Christ Has Set Us Free

For (B)freedom Christ has (C)set us free; (D)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to (E)a yoke of (F)slavery.

16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (A)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

(B)“I will make my dwelling among them and (C)walk among them,
    and (D)I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore (E)go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,
18 (F)and I will be a father to you,
    and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”

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26 (A)My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is (B)the strength[a] of my heart and my (C)portion (D)forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:26 Hebrew rock

24 (A)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    (B)“therefore I will hope in him.”

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33 (A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: (B)I will put my law within them, and I will write it (C)on their hearts. (D)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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16 Not like these is he who is (A)the portion of Jacob,
    for he is the one who formed all things,
(B)and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
    (C)the Lord of hosts is his name.

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And I will (A)establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, (B)to be God to you and to your offspring after you. And (C)I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and (D)I will be their God.”

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God's Covenant with Abram

15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: (A)“Fear not, Abram, I am (B)your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

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(A)The one who conquers will have this heritage, and (B)I will be his God and (C)he will be my son.

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38 (A)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 (B)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, (C)for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 (D)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. (E)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. 41 (F)I will rejoice in doing them good, (G)and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

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