Galatians 4:2
But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
In Context
3So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
Cross References
Daniel 11:29At the time fixed he will come back and come into the south; but in the later time it will not be as it was before.
John 15:7If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:2-8
The Redemption by Christ. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And… Read the whole commentary →