“You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that,…

“Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father… Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”…