^{1 Ref} But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

² but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.

^{3 Ref} So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

^{4 Ref} but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

^{5 Ref} that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

^{6 Ref} And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.