‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Galatians 4:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements of the world. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So we [Jewish Christians] also, when we were minors, were kept like slaves under [the rules of the Hebrew ritual and subject to] the elementary teachings of a system of external observations and regulations. American Standard Version (1901) So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: Common English Bible In the same way, when we were minors, we were also enslaved by this world’s system. Catholic Public Domain Version So also we, when we were children, were subservient to the influences of the world. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements of the world. |
‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ‘If you continue in my word, , you really are my disciples.
Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold as a slave under sin.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father! ’
In fact, you put up with it if someone enslaves you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone is arrogant towards you, if someone slaps you in the face.
This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.
Why, then, was the law given? It was added for the sake of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.
Instead, he is under guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
These things are being taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery #– #this is Hagar.
Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of a slave but of the free woman.
But in the past, since you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elements? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:
Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.
who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.