Galatians 4:3
So also we, when we were children, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world;
Noyes Bible
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 the Law,
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Acts 15:10Now therefore why do ye provoke the anger of 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 into bondage;
Galatians 3:23But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the Law, shut up unto the faith which was to be revealed.
Galatians 4:25for the word Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; and she corresponds to the Jerusalem now existing, for she is in bondage with her children;
Colossians 2:8Beware lest there be some one who shall make a prey of you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments 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 →