Galatians 4:3
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
In Context
2He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Acts 15:10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
Galatians 3:23Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
Galatians 4:25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on 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 →