Galatians 4:3
So we when we were children, were in servitude under the elements of the world:
1770 John Worsley 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 is under guardians and managers till the time appointed by the father.
4but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman made under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 11:28Come unto me therefore all ye who are labouring and oppressed, and I will give you ease.
Acts 15:10Now therefore why do ye tempt God, in imposing a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Galatians 2:4and that because of the false brethren clandestinely introduced, who had crept in as spies upon our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Galatians 3:23But before faith came, we were kept shut up under the law, till the faith appeared which was to be revealed.
Galatians 4:25a rock, is expressive of mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to the present Jerusalem, which is in bondage with her children.
Colossians 2:8Take heed least any one make a prey of you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, after the elements 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 →