Galatians 4:1-5 What I mean is this. As long as an heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a servant, though he is lord of all the property;

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ What I mean is this. As long as an heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a servant, though he is lord of all the property; ² he is under guardians and trustees till the time fixed by his father. ³ So with us. When we were under age, we lived under the thraldom of the Elemental spirits of the world; ⁴ but when the time had fully expired, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, ⁵ to ransom those who were under the Law, that we might get our sonship.