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Galatians 4:6

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6

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

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Verse 6. Crying, Abba. That is, Father; Christ taught us in prayer to call God our Father, he having made us his adoptive sons by his grace, and heirs of heaven. Witham.

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Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.

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