Galatians 4:3
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:In other versions
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
ASV
So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
BBE
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
DBY
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world.
WEB
so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,
YLT
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
ENG
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
WBT
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
BSB
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.