Galatians 4:3

Acts 15:10; Colossians 2:20; Colossians 2:8; Galatians 3:19; Galatians 3:24; Galatians 3:25; Galatians 2:4; Galatians 3:23; Galatians 4:25; Galatians 4:31; Galatians 4:9; Galatians 5:1; Hebrews 7:16; John 8:31; Matthew 11:28; Romans 8:15

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even so we - We who were Jews - for so I think the word here is to be limited, and not extended to the pagan, as Bloomfield supposes. The reasons...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the (b) elements of the world: (b) The Law is called elements, because by the Law God instr...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An heir may be either one who is entering on his inheritance or one who is hereafter to enter on it. In a sense, the Christian inheritance is always...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Even so we . So we also. in bondage . enslaved. Greek. douloo App-190. elements . elementary rules. Greek. stoicheion . Here, Galatians 4:9...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Under the elements of the world. Elements may either mean, literally, outward and bodily things, or, metaphorically, rudiments. I prefer...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: Even so we - The whole Jewish people were in a state of nonage wh...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Even so we,— It is plain that St. Paul speaks here in the name of the Jews or Jewish church, which, though God's peculiar people, yet was to pa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; Now I say - a phrase introduc...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Bondage of the Law. Freedom in Christ 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. Paraphra...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Children ] in a state of tutelage under the Law. Elements] RV 'rudiments' (cp. Galatians 4:9 ; Colossians 2:8 ); elementary religious observance...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-7) A further description, continued from the last chapter, of the state of wardship, with its restraints and servitude, compared with that Christi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We. — That is, in the first instance, and specially, the Jews; but the Gentiles are also included. The Apostle is speaking from the point of view o...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 THE HEIR'S COMING OF AGE. Galatians 4:1-7 THE main thesis of the Epistle is now established. Gentile Christians, Paul has shown, ar...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Live as Sons, not as Bondmen Galatians 4:1-11 The Apostle often uses the word elements or “rudiments,” Galatians 4:3 ; Galatians 4:9 ; Col...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; (2) But is under tutors and go...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even so we ,.... Jews, for of such the apostle is only speaking, and to whom he applies the above case of heirs in minority; it was to the Jews he h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The apostle, having established the consolatory doctrine that believers, in every age and country of the world, are heirs of the promises made to Abr...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This posit...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Redemption by Christ. A. D. 56. 1 Now I...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Such children were all believers, the seed of Abraham; from the first designed to a gospel liberty, but that was not to be fully enjoyed, until the f...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

If We Are His We Are Now All Full Sons of God ( Galatians 4:1-7 ). Now he comes to the very heart of the matter, and that is that in Jesus Christ,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments (elements) of the world.' All men are under some restraint, whether thr...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 4:1 . The heir, as long as he is a child. —An infant, one under age. Differeth nothing from a servant....
Scofield Reference Notes

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. The elements of this world The law was so called. I. In...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sonship of the Believers Opposed to the Bondage of the Law. The believers sons and heirs through Christ:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world;
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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³ Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elementsa of the world:

Related Commentaries of Galatians 4:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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