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And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our[a] hearts, crying, ‘Abba![b] Father!’ So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.[c]

Paul Reproves the Galatians

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:6 Other ancient authorities read your
  2. Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father
  3. Galatians 4:7 Other ancient authorities read an heir of God through Christ

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