Galatians 4:3

In 9 translations

BSB

So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.Or elemental forces; similarly in verse 9

KJV

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.

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements of the world.

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι·

RP2018

Οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἦμεν δεδουλωμένοι·

TR-Boyd

Οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἦμεν δεδουλωμένοι·

SCR1894

ουτως και ημεις οτε ημεν νηπιοι υπο τα στοιχεια του κοσμου ημεν δεδουλωμενοι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Colossians 2:8See 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 2:20If 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:
• Galatians 4:9But 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 2:4This 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.
• Galatians 4:31–5:1Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
• Acts 15:10Now 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 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
• John 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
• Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Galatians 3:23–25Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has…
• Galatians 3:19Why 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 4:25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
• Hebrews 7:16one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

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