Galatians 4:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

It was the same way with us. When we were children, we were slaves to the principles of this world.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

So we also, when spiritually we were children, were subject to the world's rudimentary notions, and were enslaved.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Galatians 4:3 Cross References

XREF:

Galatians 2:4 But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.

Galatians 4:8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

Galatians 4:9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

Galatians 4:24 This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar.

Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.

Colossians 2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,

Hebrews 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the {b} elements of the world:
(b) The Law is called elements, because by the Law God instructed his Church as it were by elements, and afterward poured out his Holy Spirit most plentifully in the time of the Gospel.

PNT:

4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage. Both Jews and Gentiles. We were minors, children, not yet delivered from bondage, since the time had not come appointed by the Father.
Under the elements of the world. The law of Moses and whatever law might be diffused among the heathen. The law of Moses was a temporal law, having temporal promises.

WES:

4:3 So we - The church of God. When we were children - In our minority, under the legal dispensation. Were in bondage - In a kind of servile state. Under the elements of the world - Under the typical observances of the law, which were like the first elements of grammar, the A B C of children; and were of so gross a nature, as hardly to carry our thoughts beyond this world.

MHC:

4:1-7 The apostle deals plainly with those who urged the law of Moses together with the gospel of Christ, and endeavoured to bring believers under its bondage. They could not fully understand the meaning of the law as given by Moses. And as that was a dispensation of darkness, so of bondage; they were tied to many burdensome rites and observances, by which they were taught and kept subject like a child under tutors and governors. We learn the happier state of Christians under the gospel dispensation. From these verses see the wonders of Divine love and mercy; particularly of God the Father, in sending his Son into the world to redeem and save us; of the Son of God, in submitting so low, and suffering so much for us; and of the Holy Spirit, in condescending to dwell in the hearts of believers, for such gracious purposes. Also, the advantages Christians enjoy under the gospel. Although by nature children of wrath and disobedience, they become by grace children of love, and partake of the nature of the children of God; for he will have all his children resemble him. Among men the eldest son is heir; but all God's children shall have the inheritance of eldest sons. May the temper and conduct of sons ever show our adoption; and may the Holy Spirit witness with our spirits that we are children and heirs of God.

CONC:

Babes Basic Bondage Elemental Elements Enslaved Held Kept Notions Principles Rudimentary Rudiments Rules Servitude Slaves Spirits Spiritually Subject Universe World's

Basic Bondage Children Elemental Elements Enslaved First Held Kept Notions Principles Rudimentary Rudiments Servitude Slavery Slaves Spirits Spiritually Subject Universe World World's Young

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