12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C)

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to redeem(A) those under the law, that we might receive adoption(B) to sonship.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(A) that we are God’s children.(B) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(C)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(D) in order that we may also share in his glory.(E)

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