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And because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father;

therefore, thou art no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

¶ However then, when ye did not know God, ye did service unto those who by nature are not gods.

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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