Galatians 4:3
So also we, when we were children, were subservient to the influences of the world.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
In Context
2For he is under tutors and caretakers, until the time which was predetermined by the father.
4But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.
Acts 15:10Now therefore, why do you tempt God to impose a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
Galatians 2:4but only because of false brothers, who were brought in unknowingly. They entered secretly to spy on our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might reduce us to servitude.
Galatians 3:23But before the faith arrived, we were preserved by being enclosed under the law, unto that faith which was to be revealed.
Galatians 4:25For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, which is related to the Jerusalem of the present time, and it serves with her sons.
Colossians 2:8See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ.
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 →