Galatians 4:3
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
World English Bible Classic
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 day appointed by the father.
4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 11:28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Acts 15:10Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Galatians 2:4This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole 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 kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Galatians 4:25For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.
Colossians 2:8Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits 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 →