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Galatians 4:5–7

fto redeem those who were under the law, gthat we might receive the adoption as sons.

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

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Galatians 4:5–7 — The New International Version (NIV)

to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

Galatians 4:5–7 — English Standard Version (ESV)

to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Galatians 4:5–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Galatians 4:5–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.

Galatians 4:5–7 — New Century Version (NCV)

God did this so he could buy freedom for those who were under the law and so we could become his children.

Since you are God’s children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and the Spirit cries out, “Father.” So now you are not a slave; you are God’s child, and God will give you the blessing he promised, because you are his child.

Galatians 4:5–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Galatians 4:5–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship. But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.

Galatians 4:5–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

God sent him to pay for the freedom of those who were controlled by these laws so that we would be adopted as his children. Because you are God’s children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into us to call out, “Abba!Father!” So you are no longer slaves but God’s children. Since you are God’s children, God has also made you heirs. 

Galatians 4:5–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Galatians 4:5–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.

Galatians 4:5–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

in order that he might redeem those under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption. And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba! (Father!),” so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.

Galatians 4:5–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He came to set free those who were under the law. He wanted us to be adopted as children with all the rights children have.

Because you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. He is the Holy Spirit. By his power we call God “Abba.Abba means Father.

So you aren’t slaves any longer. You are God’s children. Because you are his children, he gives you what he promised to give his people.

Galatians 4:5–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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

Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.


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