Galatians 3:26–4:7

Sons and Heirs

²⁶For you ⁱare all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷For ^jas many of you as were baptized into Christ ^khave put on Christ. ^28lThere is neither Jew nor Greek, ^mthere is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all ⁿone in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And ^oif you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s ^pseed, and ^qheirs according to the promise.

4Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, ²but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. ³Even so we, when we were children, ^awere in bondage under the elements of the world. ⁴But ^bwhen the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, ^cborn ^1dof a woman, ^eborn under the law, ^5fto redeem those who were under the law, ^gthat we might receive the adoption as sons.

⁶And because you are sons, God has sent forth ^hthe Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, ²“Abba, Father!” ⁷Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, ⁱand if a son, then an heir ³of God ⁴through Christ.