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And because[a] you are sons, God sent-forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts crying-out, “Abba! Father!” So then you are no longer a slave, but a son— and if a son, also an heir through God!

Why Turn Back To Being Slaves Again? I Fear For You

But at that time not knowing God, you were-slaves to the ones by nature not being gods.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:6 Or, And that; meaning, ‘And as proof that’.

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