6. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls “Abba! Father!”
7. So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.
8. Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.
9. But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
10. You are observing religious days and months and seasons and years.
11. I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.
12. I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!