Galatians 4:3
So also we, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements[4:3] of the world.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 guardians and stewards, until the time appointed by the father.
4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his son, born of a woman, born under law,
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Acts 15:10Now therefore why do ye tempt God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Galatians 2:4and that because of the false brethren stealthily brought in, who crept in 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 unto the faith which was to be revealed.
Galatians 4:25which is Hagar (for the word Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia), and answers to the Jerusalem that now is, for she is in bondage with her children.
Colossians 2:8Beware lest there shall be any one that despoils you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after 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 →