Galatians 4:3
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
In Context
2but he is under guardians and stewards until the period fixed by the father.
4but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law,
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.
Acts 15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
Galatians 2:4and [it was] on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;
Galatians 3:23But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up to faith [which was] about to be revealed.
Galatians 4:25For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which [is] now, for she is in bondage with her children;
Colossians 2:8See that there be no one who shall lead *you* away as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to 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 →