Galatians 4:3
Euen so we, when we were chyldren, were in bondage vnder ye rudimentes of the worlde:
Bible (Bishops')
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 vnder tuters and gouernours, vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you.
Galatians 2:4And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage.
Galatians 3:23But before fayth came, we were kept vnder the lawe, and were shut vp vnto the fayth which shoulde afterwarde be reuealed.
Galatians 4:25For Agar is the mount Sina in Arabia, and bordreth vpon the citie, which is nowe [called] Hierusalem, and is in bondage with her chyldren.
Colossians 2:8Beware lest any man spoyle you through philosophie & vayne deceipt, after the tradition of men, and after the rudimentes of the worlde, and not after Christe.
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 →