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And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the [[a]Holy] Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba (Father)! Father!

Therefore, you are no longer a slave (bond servant) but a son; and if a son, then [it follows that you are] an heir [b]by the aid of God, through Christ.

But at that previous time, when you had not come to be acquainted with and understand and know the true God, you [Gentiles] were in bondage to gods who by their very nature could not be gods at all [gods that really did not exist].

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:6 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Galatians 4:7 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(A) into our hearts,(B) the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[a] Father.”(C) So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.(D)

Paul’s Concern for the Galatians

Formerly, when you did not know God,(E) you were slaves(F) to those who by nature are not gods.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father