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Children of God
Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.
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So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
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But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
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to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
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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.”
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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.
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Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
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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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and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
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For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
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His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.
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At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
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But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
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and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
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Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God.
