1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;2 But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.3 So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.8 But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods: