Galatians 4:3
So also we, while we were children, were in subordination under the elements of the world.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 supervisors and stewards, until the time established by his father.
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all ye wearied and heavily burdened, and I will ease you.
Acts 15:10And now, why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke on the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we could bear?
Galatians 2:4And in regard to the false brethren, who had crept in to spy out the liberty we have in Jesus the Messiah, in order to bring me under subjection;
Galatians 3:23But before the faith came, the law kept us shut up unto the faith that was to be revealed.
Galatians 4:25For Hagar is the mount Sinai in Arabia, and correspondeth with the present Jerusalem, and is serving in bondage, she and her children.
Colossians 2:8Beware, lest any man make you naked by philosophy, and by vain deception, according to the doctrines of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to the Messiah,
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 →