Galatians 3:26-4:7

New Century Version

^26-27 You were all baptized into Christ, and so you were all clothed with Christ. This means that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁸ In Christ, there is no difference between Jew and Greek, slave and free person, male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ You belong to Christ, so you are Abraham’s descendants. You will inherit all of God’s blessings because of the promise God made to Abraham.

4 I want to tell you this: While those who will inherit their fathers’ property are still children, they are no different from slaves. It does not matter that the children own everything. ² While they are children, they must obey those who are chosen to care for them. But when the children reach the age set by their fathers, they are free. ³ It is the same for us. We were once like children, slaves to the useless rules of this world. ⁴ But when the right time came, God sent his Son who was born of a woman and lived under the law. ⁵ God did this so he could buy freedom for those who were under the law and so we could become his children.

⁶ Since you are God’s children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and the Spirit cries out, “Father.”^{[a] 7} So now you are not a slave; you are God’s child, and God will give you the blessing he promised, because you are his child.