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Galatians 4:6
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Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,
[a]
Father.”
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Galatians 4:6 in Other Translations
KJV
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And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
ESV
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And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
NLT
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And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”
MSG
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You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, "Papa! Father!"
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And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"
Galatians 4:6 In-Context
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But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
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to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
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Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
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So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
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Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
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Acts 16:7
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Romans 5:5
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Romans 8:15,16
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[a].
Aramaic for "Father"
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