but he is underguardiansand managersuntilthe date setby the father.
"At the appointedtimehe will returnand comeinto the South,but this lasttimeit will not turnout the way it did before.
"For the visionis yetfor the appointedtime;It hastenstoward the goaland it will not fail.Thoughit tarries,waitfor it; For it will certainlycome,it will not delay.
"Ifyou abidein Me, and My wordsabidein you, askwhateveryou wish,and it will be donefor you.
For ifyou were to havecountlesstutorsin Christ,yet[you would] not [have] manyfathers,for in ChristJesusI became your fatherthroughthe gospel.
Thereforethe Lawhas becomeour tutor[to lead us] to Christ,sothat we may be justifiedby faith.
NowI say,as longas the heiris a child,he does not differat allfrom a slavealthough he is ownerof everything,
Soalsowe, whilewe were children,were held in bondageunderthe elemental thingsof the world.
