Galatians 4:5

5 in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.

Galatians 4:5 In-Context

3 So with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental spirits of the world.
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.
6 And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.
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