Bible verse
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
Galatians 4:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Galatians 4.
1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
2 He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
KJV
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
ASV
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
ERV
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
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