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The Book of Galatians, Chapter 4, Verse 6

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And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
King James Version
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
American Standard Version
So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
New English Translation
These things may be treated as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.
World English Bible
And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"
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Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
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But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
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Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
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I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
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Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all.
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Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
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And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.
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Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
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They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.