Galatians 4:1 – 7

¹I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, ²but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.  ³In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.  ⁴But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, ⁵to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.  ⁶And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”  ⁷So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.