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1 I'm saying that as long as the heirs are minors, they are no different from slaves, though they really are the owners of everything.
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My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property;
2 However, they are placed under trustees and guardians until the date set by the parents.
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but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father.
3 In the same way, when we were minors, we were also enslaved by this world's system.
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So with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental spirits of the world.
4 But when the fulfillment of the time came, God sent his Son, born through a woman, and born under the Law.
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But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 This was so he could redeem those under the Law so that we could be adopted.
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in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.
6 Because you are sons and daughters, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"
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And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
7 Therefore, you are no longer a slave but a son or daughter, and if you are his child, then you are also an heir through God.
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So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.
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