Galatians 4:3

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It was the same way with us. When we were children, we were slaves to the principles of this world.

Cross References

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.

John 8:31

So Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you live by what I say, you are truly my disciples.

Acts 15:10

So why are you testing God? You’re putting a burden on the disciples, a burden neither our ancestors nor we can carry.

Romans 7:14

I know that God’s standards in Moses’ Teachings are spiritual, but I have a corrupt nature, sold as a slave to sin.

Romans 8:15

You haven’t received the spirit of slaves that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the spirit of God’s adopted children by which we call out, “Abba!  Father!”

2 Corinthians 11:20

When someone makes you slaves, consumes your wealth, seizes your property, orders you around, or slaps your faces, you put up with it.

Galatians 2:4

False Christians were brought in. They slipped in as spies to learn about the freedom Christ Jesus gives us. They hoped to find a way to control us.

Galatians 3:19

What, then, is the purpose of the laws given to Moses? They were added to identify what wrongdoing is. Moses’ laws did this until the descendant to whom the promise was given came. It was put into effect through angels, using a mediator.

Galatians 4:2

He is placed under the control of guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.

Galatians 4:24

I’m going to use these historical events as an illustration. The women illustrate two arrangements. The one woman, Hagar, is the arrangement made on Mount Sinai. Her children are born into slavery.

Galatians 4:25

Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. She is like Jerusalem today because she and her children are slaves.

Galatians 4:31

Brothers and sisters, we are not children of a slave woman but of the free woman.

Galatians 4:8

When you didn’t know God, you were slaves to things which are really not gods at all.

Galatians 4:9

But now you know God, or rather, God knows you. So how can you turn back again to the powerless and bankrupt principles of this world? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?

Colossians 2:20

If you have died with Christ to the world’s way of doing things, why do you let others tell you how to live? It’s as though you were still under the world’s influence.

Colossians 2:8

Be careful not to let anyone rob you ⌞of this faith⌟ through a shallow and misleading philosophy. Such a person follows human traditions and the world’s way of doing things rather than following Christ.

Hebrews 5:12

By now you should be teachers. Instead, you still need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food.

Hebrews 7:16

That person is a priest, not because he met human requirements, but because he has power that comes from a life that cannot be destroyed.