Galatians 4:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father.

Cross References

Daniel 11:29

“At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south, but this time it shall not be as it was before.

Habakkuk 2:3

For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

John 15:7

If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.

Galatians 3:24

Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be reckoned as righteous by faith.

Galatians 4:1

My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than those who are enslaved, though they are the owners of all the property,

Galatians 4:3

So with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world.