5 [4:1]But I say, that as long as the heir is a child, he differs not from a servant, though he is lord of all, [4:2]but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed by the father. [4:3]So also we, when we were children, were in servitude under the rudiments of the world; [4:4]but when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, [4:5] that he might redeem those under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. [4:6]And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. [4:7]So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, also an heir of God. 6 [4:8]But formerly, not knowing God you served beings which are not really Gods; [4:9]but now knowing God, or rather being known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and imperfect rudiments, which you wish again to serve? [4:10] Do you observe days, and months, and times, and years? [4:11]I am afraid of you, lest I have expended labor on you in vain. 7 [4:12]I beseech you, brothers, be as I am, for I am as you [ought to be]. You did not injure me; [4:13]but you knew I preached the gospel to you on my former [visit] in weakness of the flesh, [4:14]and my trial in my flesh you despised not nor rejected, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. [4:15] What then was your blessedness? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have dug out your eyes and have given them to me. [4:16]Have I therefore become your enemy, by telling you the truth? [4:17]They are zealous for you, but not well, but they wish to exclude you that you may be zealous for them. [4:18]It is good to be zealous for a good object always, and not only when I am present with you. [4:19]My little children, with whom I am again in pain till Christ is formed in you, [4:20]I wish to be present with you now and change my voice with you, for I am in doubt of you.