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6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
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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.”
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
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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.
8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.
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Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
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But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces ? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
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