Galatians 4:4-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁴ But when ^(A)the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, ^(B)born of a woman, born ^(C)under ^[a]the Law, ⁵ so that He might redeem those who were under ^[b]the Law, that we might receive the adoption as ^(D)sons. ⁶ Because you are sons, ^(E)God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “^(F)Abba! Father!” ⁷ Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and ^(G)if a son, then an heir ^[c]through God.

⁸ However at that time, ^(H)when you did not know God, you were ^(I)slaves to ^(J)those which by nature are no gods. ⁹ But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be ^(K)known by God, ^(L)how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless ^[d](M)elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? ¹⁰ You ^(N)observe days and months and seasons and years. ¹¹ I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored ^[e]over you in vain.

¹² I beg of you, ^(O)brethren, ^(P)become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong;