Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

God Sent His Son To Redeem Us So We All Could Be Adopted As Sons And Heirs

4 Now I say— for as much time as the heir is a child^[a], he is no different from a slave. Being the [future] owner of all, ² nevertheless^[b] he is under guardians and stewards^[c] until the pre-appointed day of the father. ³ In this manner also we, when we were children, were^[d] enslaved under the elemental^[e] things of the world. ⁴ But when the fullness of time came, God sent-forth His Son— having come^[f] from a woman, having come under the Law ⁵ in order that He might redeem the ones under the Law, in order that we [all] might receive the adoption. ⁶ And because^[g] you are sons, God sent-forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts crying-out, “Abba! Father!” ⁷ So then you are no longer a slave, but a son— and if a son, also an heir through God!