Galatians 4:1-7 - No Longer Slaves But Sons And Heirs

¹ My point is this--As long as the heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a slave, though he is master of the whole estate. ² He is subject to the control of guardians and stewards, during the period for which his father has power to appoint them. ³ And so is it with us; when we were under age, as it were, we were slaves to the puerile teaching of this world; ⁴ But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law-- ⁵ To ransom those who were subject to Law, so that we might take our position as sons. ⁶ And it is because you are sons that God sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, with the cry--'Abba, our Father.' ⁷ You, therefore, are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, then an heir also, by God's appointment.