Galatians 4:3

Euen so we, when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the Elements of the world:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
- American Standard Version (1901)

So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
- Basic English Bible

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
- Darby Bible

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
- Webster's Bible

So we also, when spiritually we were children, were subject to the world's rudimentary notions, and were enslaved.
- Weymouth Bible

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
- World English Bible

So we, whanne we weren litle children, we serueden vndur the elementis of the world.
- Wycliffe Bible

so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Galatians 4:3

4:3 So we - The church of God. When we were children - In our minority, under the legal dispensation. Were in bondage - In a kind of servile state. Under the elements of the world - Under the typical observances of the law, which were like the first elements of grammar, the A B C of children; and were of so gross a nature, as hardly to carry our thoughts beyond this world.