So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Galatians 4:3 in context
Galatians 4:1–6
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But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,
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but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
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So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
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But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
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that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.
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