1 Now I say That the heir, as long as he is a child differs in nothing from a slave, though he be lord of all, 2 but is under the hand of tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements of the world, 4 but when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father; 7 therefore, thou art no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.