2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world.
4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 Because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are no gods.
