Galatians 4:3

New American Bible - revised edition

In the same way we also, when we were not of age, were enslaved to the elemental powers of the world.

Cross References

Matthew 11:28

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

John 8:31

Jesus then said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,

Acts 15:10

Why, then, are you now putting God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold into slavery to sin.

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba, Father!”

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you put up with it if someone enslaves you, or devours you, or gets the better of you, or puts on airs, or slaps you in the face.

Galatians 2:4

but because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, that they might enslave us—

Galatians 3:19

Why, then, the law? It was added for transgressions, until the descendant came to whom the promise had been made; it was promulgated by angels at the hand of a mediator.

Galatians 4:2

but he is under the supervision of guardians and administrators until the date set by his father.

Galatians 4:24

Now this is an allegory. These women represent two covenants. One was from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.

Galatians 4:25

Hagar represents Sinai, a mountain in Arabia; it corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery along with her children.

Galatians 4:31

Therefore, brothers, we are children not of the slave woman but of the freeborn woman.

Galatians 4:8

At a time when you did not know God, you became slaves to things that by nature are not gods;

Galatians 4:9

but now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and destitute elemental powers? Do you want to be slaves to them all over again?

Colossians 2:20

If you died with Christ to the elemental powers of the world, why do you submit to regulations as if you were still living in the world?

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ. Sovereign Role of Christ.

Hebrews 5:12

Although you should be teachers by this time, you need to have someone teach you again the basic elements of the utterances of God. You need milk, [and] not solid food.

Hebrews 7:16

who has become so, not by a law expressed in a commandment concerning physical descent but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.