GALATIANS 4:1-11

Galatians:4.1 Now 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, Galatians:4.2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. Galatians:4.3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. Galatians:4.4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, Galatians:4.5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Galatians:4.6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" Galatians:4.7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Galatians:4.8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. Galatians:4.9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how [is it that] you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? Galatians:4.10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. Galatians:4.11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.