1 Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.
2 Instead, he is under guardians and stewards until the time set by his father.
3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elemental forces of the world.
4 When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father! ”