Galatians 4:3

In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.

Galatians 2:4

Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in--who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery--

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 worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Colossians 2:20

If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations--

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

John 8:31

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

Acts 15:10

Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

Galatians 3:19

Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

Galatians 3:23-25

Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.

Galatians 4:25

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

Galatians 4:31-1

So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.

Hebrews 7:16

who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

Bible References

When

Galatians 3:19
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

In

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 worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
Galatians 2:4
Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in--who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery--
Galatians 3:23
Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.
Galatians 5:1
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
John 8:31
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
Acts 15:10
Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

Elements

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 worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Hebrews 7:16
who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life.

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