Galatians 3:26–4:7

²⁶It is through faith that all of you are God’s children in union with Christ Jesus. ²⁷You were baptized into union with Christ, and now you are clothed, so to speak, with the life of Christ himself. ²⁸So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus. ^29*If you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham and will receive what God has promised.

4But now to continue—the son who will receive his father’s property is treated just like a slave while he is young, even though he really owns everything. ²While he is young, there are men who take care of him and manage his affairs until the time set by his father. ³In the same way, we too were slaves of the ruling spirits of the universe before we reached spiritual maturity. ⁴But when the right time finally came, God sent his own Son. He came as the son of a human mother and lived under the Jewish Law, ^5*to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might become God’s sons and daughters.

^6*To show that you are^f his sons and daughters, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who cries out, “Father, my Father.” ^7*So then, you are no longer a slave but a son or daughter. And since that is what you are, God will give you all that he has for his heirs.