At the appointed time, God sent His Son to redeem us. We are no longer slaves, but sons and heirs of our heavenly Father. Paul urges the Galatians not to return to the slavery of their former paganism.
BibleGateway: Galatians 4 ESV Text: Galatians 4 Galatians 4 (Listen) Sons and Heirs 4:1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,1 though he is the… At the appointed time, God sent His Son to redeem us. We are no longer slaves, but sons and heirs of our heavenly Father. Paul urges the Galatians not to return to the slavery of their former paganism.