8 The Greek term υἱοθεσία (huiothesia) was originally a legal technical term for adoption as a son with full rights of inheritance. notes, “a legal t.t. of ‘adoption’ of children, in our lit., i.e. in Paul, only in a transferred sense of a transcendent filial relationship between God and humans (with the legal aspect, not gender specificity, as major semantic component).” Although some modern translations remove the filial sense completely and render the term merely “adoption” (cf. ), the retention of this component of meaning was accomplished in the present translation by the phrase “as sons.”

In other versions

to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.

in order that he might redeem those under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption.

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

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