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And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.

Paul Reproves the Galatians

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were in bondage to beings that by nature are no 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