But (A)when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, (B)born (C)of woman, born (D)under the law, (E)to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive (F)adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent (G)the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

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ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον, ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ, ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν. ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας [a]ἡμῶν, κρᾶζον· Αββα ὁ πατήρ.

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Footnotes

  1. ΠΡΟΣ ΓΑΛΑΤΑΣ 4:6 ἡμῶν WH Treg NIV] ὑμῶν RP

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.[a] And because we[b] are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:5 Greek sons; also in 4:6.
  2. 4:6a Greek you.
  3. 4:6b Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.”