Galatians 4:3

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It’s the same with us. When we were children, we were slaves to the basic spiritual powers of the world.

Cross References

Colossians 2:20

Some people still follow the basic spiritual powers of the world. But you died with Christ as far as those powers are concerned. So why do you act as if you still belonged to the world? You’re following rules such as,

Colossians 2:8

Make sure that no one makes you their prisoner through false and deceptive reasoning, through ideas that depend on human teachings and the basic spiritual powers of this world rather than on Christ.

Galatians 4:9

But now you do know God. Even better, God knows you. So why are you turning back to those weak and worthless powers? Do you want to be slaves to them all over again?

Galatians 2:4

That question came up because some false believers had slipped in among us to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves again.

Galatians 4:31

Brothers and sisters, we’re not children of the slave woman. We’re children of the free woman.

Acts 15:10

Now then, why are you trying to test God by putting a heavy load on the shoulders of the Gentiles? Our people of long ago couldn’t carry that load, and we today can’t either.

Romans 8:15

The Spirit you received doesn’t make you slaves who live in fear again. Instead, the Spirit you received has made you God’s genuine child by adoption. And the Spirit leads us to call out to God, “Abba, Father.”

John 8:31

Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples.

Hebrews 7:16

someone who has become a priest not because of a rule about his family line but because of the power of a life that can never be destroyed.

Galatians 4:25

Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia. She is like the earthly city of Jerusalem, because she and her children are slaves.

Galatians 3:19

Then why was the law given at all? It was added because of human sin. It was supposed to control us until the promised Seed came. The law was given through angels, and a mediator was put in charge of it.

Matthew 11:28

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

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual. But I am unspiritual. I have been sold as a slave to sin.

2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you even put up with anyone who makes you a slave or uses you or takes advantage of you. You put up with those who claim to be better than you, and even with those who slap you in the face.

Galatians 4:2

Other people take care of them and the property, until they become adults.

Galatians 4:8

At one time you didn’t know God. You were slaves to gods that aren’t really gods at all.

Galatians 4:24

These things are pictures. The two women stand for two covenants. One covenant comes from Mount Sinai, and it gives birth to children who are going to be slaves. That’s Hagar.

Hebrews 5:12

By this time, you should be teachers, but instead you need someone to teach you the basic truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food.