Galatians 4:3-7 So when we were spiritually under age, we were slaves to the world's crude notions,

Williams⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ So when we were spiritually under age, we were slaves to the world's crude notions, ⁴ but when the proper time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to law, ⁵ to ransom those who were subject to law, so that we might be adopted as sons. ⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba," that is, "Father." ⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir by God's own act.