Galatians 4:3

Modern English Version

So when we were children, we were in bondage to the elements of the world.

Cross References

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

John 8:31

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you remain in My word, then you are truly My disciples.

Acts 15:10

Now then, why test God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Romans 8:15

For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you permit it if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes from you, if a man exalts himself, or if a man strikes you on the face.

Galatians 2:4

This happened because false brothers were secretly brought in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage.

Galatians 3:19

What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom the promise was made. And it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Galatians 4:2

But he is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father.

Galatians 4:24

These things are an allegory, for these are the two covenants. The one is from Mount Sinai, which gives birth to bondage; she is Hagar.

Galatians 4:25

Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children.

Galatians 4:31

So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

Galatians 4:8

Previously, when you did not know God, you served those who by nature are not gods.

Galatians 4:9

But now, after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and worthless elemental forces to which you desire again to be in bondage?

Colossians 2:20

Therefore, if you died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you subject yourself to legalistic rules?

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest anyone captivate you through philosophy and vain deceit, in the tradition of men and the elementary principles of the world, and not after Christ.

Hebrews 5:12

For though by now you should be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God and have come to need milk rather than solid food.

Hebrews 7:16

who becomes a priest not by a law pertaining to ancestry, but by the power of an endless life.