Galatians 4:3
Even so we as longe as we were chyldren were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde.
Tyndale New Testament
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 governers vntill the tyme appoynted of the father.
4But when the tyme was full come God sent his sonne borne of a woman and made bonde vnto the lawe
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are laden and I wyll ease you.
Acts 15:10Now therfore why tempte ye God that ye wolde put a yoke on the disciples neckes which nether oure fathers nor we were able to beare.
Galatians 2:4and that because of incommers beynge falce brethren which came in amonge other to spye out oure libertie which we have in Christ Iesus that they might bringe vs into bondage.
Galatians 3:23Before that fayth cam, we were kept and shut vp vnder the lawe, vnto the fayth which shuld afterwarde be declared.
Galatians 4:25For mounte Sina is called Agar in Arabia and bordreth vpo the citie which is now Ierusalem and is in bondage with her chyldren.
Colossians 2:8Beware lest eny man come and spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanitie, thorow the tradicions of me and ordinaunces after the worlde 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 →