⁷ Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, ^(A)and if a son, then an heir ^[a]of God ^[b]through Christ.

²⁹ And ^(A)if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s ^(B)seed, and ^(C)heirs according to the promise.

Sons and Heirs Through Christ

4 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, ² but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.

²¹ Therefore let no one boast in men. For ^(A)all things are yours: ²² whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. ²³ And ^(B)you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

^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 joint heirs with Christ, ^(C)if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

Sons and Heirs

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

^5 (A)to redeem those who were under the law, ^(B)that we might receive the adoption as sons.

⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent forth ^(C)the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, ^[a]“Abba, Father!”

³¹ So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

Christian Liberty

5 ^(A)Stand^[a] fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a ^(B)yoke of bondage.

¹⁶ And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^(A)you^[a] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

¹⁷ Therefore