And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(A) into our[a] hearts, crying, “Abba,[b] Father!” (B) So you are no longer a slave(C) but a son,(D) and if a son, then God has made you an heir.(E)

Paul’s Concern for the Galatians

But in the past, since you didn’t know God,(F) you were enslaved to things[c] that by nature are not gods.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:6 Other mss read your
  2. 4:6 Aramaic for father
  3. 4:8 Or beings

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