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Galatians 4:3 KJV
Galatians · chapter 4 · verse 3
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:Galatians 4:3 · King James Version
Galatians 4:3 in context
1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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Key words (Strong's)
- childrennēpiosan infant, little child, a minor, not of age, metaph. childish, untaught, unskilledG3516 →
- elementsstoicheionany first thing, from which the others belonging to some series or composite whole take…G4747 →
- bondagedouloōto make a slave of, reduce to bondage, metaph. give myself wholly to one s needs and…G1402 →
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In this chapter the apostle deals plainly with those who hearkened to the judaizing teachers, who cried up the law of Moses in competition with the gospel of Christ, and endeavored to bring them under the bondage of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7