Galatians 4:3
So also we, when we were infants, were enslaved under the elements of the world:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
In Context
2but he is under nurses and stewards until the adoption of the father.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Acts 15:10Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Galatians 2:4but on account of the false brethren having crept in, who came in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order that they shall bring us into bondage:
Galatians 3:23But before faith came, we were kept under law, being shut up to the faith about to be revealed.
Galatians 4:25For this mount Sinai is in Arabia, and corresponds with Jerusalem which now is: for she is in bondage with her children.
Colossians 2:8See that no one shall be deceiving you through philosophy and empty delusion, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements 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 →