Galatians 4:5

New International Version

⁵to redeem^(A) those under the law, that we might receive adoption^(B) to sonship.^[a]^(C)

Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

Galatians 4:5

King James Version

⁵To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

⁷So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.^(A)

⁷Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

New International Version (NIV)