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Now I say, as long as the heir is a ^(F1)child, he does not differ at all from a slave, although he is ^(F2)owner of everything,

but he is under guardians and ^(F1)managers until the ^(F2)date set by the father.

So we too, when we were children, were held ^(C1)in bondage under the ^(F1)(C2)elementary principles of the world.

But when ^(C1)the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, ^(C2)born of a woman, born ^(C3)under ^(F1)the Law,

so that He might redeem those who were under ^(F1)the Law, that we might receive the adoption as ^(C1)sons and daughters.

Because you are sons, ^(C1)God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, "^(C2)Abba! ^(F1)Father!"

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and ^(C1)if a son, then an heir ^(F1)through God.

However at that time, ^(C1)when you did not know God, you were ^(C2)slaves to ^(C3)those which by nature are not gods.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be ^(C1)known by God, ^(C2)how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless ^(F1)(C3)elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

You ^(C1)meticulously observe days and months and seasons and years.

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored ^(F1)over you in vain.