Galatians 4:3
So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements of the world.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
In Context
2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father:
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
Acts 15:10Now therefore, why tempt you God to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
Galatians 2:4But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude.
Galatians 3:23But before the faith came, we were kept under the law shut up, unto that faith which was to be revealed.
Galatians 4:25For Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to that Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Colossians 2:8Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy, and vain deceit; according to the tradition 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 →