1 Now I say, for as long a time as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is master of everything,
2 but he is under guardians and managers until the time set by his father.
3 So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world.
4 But when the fullness of time came, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 in order that he might redeem those under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption.
6 And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba! (Father!),”