Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So also we, while we were children, were held
King James Version
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Holman Bible
In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elemental forces
International Standard Version
It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.
A Conservative Version
And so when we were children, we were in bondage under the rudiments of the world.
American Standard Version
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
Amplified
So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.
An Understandable Version
So also, when we [Jews] were like children, we were under bondage to the basic worldly rules [of the law of Moses].
Anderson New Testament
So, also, we, when we were minors, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world.
Bible in Basic English
So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
Common New Testament
So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the elemental things of the world.
Daniel Mace New Testament
even so we, whilst we were children, were in a state of servitude to the elements of the world. but when the time appointed was accomplished,
Darby Translation
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
Goodspeed New Testament
So when we were minors, we were slaves to material ways of looking at things,
John Wesley New Testament
So we also, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
Julia Smith Translation
So also we, when we were children, were subjugated under the world's elements:
King James 2000
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Lexham Expanded Bible
So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world.
Modern King James verseion
Even so we, when we were infants, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even so we, as long as we were children, were in bondage under the ordinances of the world:
Moffatt New Testament
So with us. When we were under age, we lived under the thraldom of the Elemental spirits of the world;
Montgomery New Testament
So we Jews also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the empty externalities of the world.
NET Bible
So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.
New Heart English Bible
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
Noyes New Testament
So also we, when we were children, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world;
Sawyer New Testament
So also we, when we were children, were in servitude under the rudiments of the world;
The Emphasized Bible
So also, we, when we were infants, under the elementary principles of the world, were held in servitude;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So we also, when we were infants, were in bondage under the first elementary principles of the world:
Twentieth Century New Testament
And so is it with us; when we were under age, as it were, we were slaves to the puerile teaching of this world;
Webster
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Weymouth New Testament
So we also, when spiritually we were children, were subject to the world's rudimentary notions, and were enslaved.
Williams New Testament
So when we were spiritually under age, we were slaves to the world's crude notions,
World English Bible
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
Worrell New Testament
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world.
Worsley New Testament
So we when we were children, were in servitude under the elements of the world:
Youngs Literal Translation
so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,
Themes
Bondage, spiritual » Is to sin
spiritual Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Christian Liberty » Is freedom from » Jewish ordinances
Topics
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 36 Translations in Galatians 4:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
No Longer Slaves But Sons And Heirs
2
but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.
3 So also we, while we were children, were held
Phrases
Names
Cross References
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.