A moment in scripture
Galatians 4:7
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Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
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The surrounding passage
- Galatians 4:5
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
- Galatians 4:6
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
- Galatians 4:8
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
- Galatians 4:9
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.