Galatians 4:3 “So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic princ…”

Galatians 4:3

So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

World English Bible

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

American Standard Version

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

Geneva Bible 1599

Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.

Darby Translation

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;

Young's Literal Translation

so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,

Bible in Basic English

So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

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Cross references

“when”

Galatians 3:19 Galatians 3:24 Galatians 3:25

Galatians 3:19 · BSB

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

Galatians 3:24 · BSB

So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Galatians 3:25 · BSB

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

“in”

Galatians 4:9 Galatians 2:4 Acts 15:10 Romans 8:15 John 8:31 Galatians 4:25

Galatians 4:9 · BSB

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

Galatians 2:4 · BSB

This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

Acts 15:10 · BSB

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

Romans 8:15 · BSB

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

John 8:31 · BSB

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

Galatians 4:25 · BSB

Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

“elements”

Colossians 2:8 Colossians 2:20 Hebrews 7:16

Colossians 2:8 · BSB

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

Colossians 2:20 · BSB

If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

Hebrews 7:16 · BSB

one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.

4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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