Galatians 4:3 And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.

4:3 NLT

Parallel Verses

New Living Translation - And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.
新标点和合本 - 我们为孩童的时候，受管于世俗小学之下，也是如此。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们也是一样，在未成年的时候，被世上粗浅的学说所奴役，也是如此。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们也是一样，在未成年的时候，被世上粗浅的学说所奴役，也是如此。
当代译本 - 我们也一样，在孩童时期受世界基本规条的辖制。
圣经新译本 - 我们也是这样，作孩童的时候，被世俗的言论所奴役；
中文标准译本 - 我们也是这样：我们还是小孩子的时候，在世界的原则下受奴役。
现代标点和合本 - 我们为孩童的时候受管于世俗小学之下，也是如此。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们为孩童的时候，受管于世俗小学之下，也是如此。
New International Version - So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world.
New International Reader's Version - It is the same with us. When we were children, we were slaves to the basic spiritual powers of the world.
English Standard Version - In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.
Christian Standard Bible - In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements of the world.
New American Standard Bible - So we too, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elementary principles of the world.
New King James Version - Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
Amplified Bible - So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.
American Standard Version - So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
King James Version - Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
New English Translation - So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.
World English Bible - So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
新標點和合本 - 我們為孩童的時候，受管於世俗小學之下，也是如此。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們也是一樣，在未成年的時候，被世上粗淺的學說所奴役，也是如此。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們也是一樣，在未成年的時候，被世上粗淺的學說所奴役，也是如此。
當代譯本 - 我們也一樣，在孩童時期受世界基本規條的轄制。
聖經新譯本 - 我們也是這樣，作孩童的時候，被世俗的言論所奴役；
呂振中譯本 - 我們也是這樣：我們做孩童時，就是在世俗所信之「宇宙星質之靈」底下做奴僕。
中文標準譯本 - 我們也是這樣：我們還是小孩子的時候，在世界的原則下受奴役。
現代標點和合本 - 我們為孩童的時候受管於世俗小學之下，也是如此。
文理和合譯本 - 我儕童蒙時、亦役於斯世之小學、
文理委辦譯本 - 我儕當未成人、亦為此世小學束縛、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕亦然、當未成人時、被此世賤質賤質或作虛文束縛、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾人亦然、方吾人之尚屬幼稚、亦受制於世俗之蒙學；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Así también nosotros, cuando éramos menores, estábamos esclavizados por los principios de este mundo.
현대인의 성경 - 이와 같이 우리도 어렸을 때는 유치한 유대교의 율법에 매여 종살이하고 있었습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Так и мы, пока были «детьми», находились в рабстве у религиозных начал в мире.
Восточный перевод - Так и мы, пока были «детьми», находились в рабстве у духовных сил этого мира.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так и мы, пока были «детьми», находились в рабстве у духовных сил этого мира.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так и мы, пока были «детьми», находились в рабстве у духовных сил этого мира.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Nous aussi, lorsque nous étions des enfants, nous étions de même asservis aux principes élémentaires qui régissent la vie dans ce monde .
リビングバイブル - キリストが来られるまでは、私たちもそれとよく似た立場にありました。ユダヤ教の戒律や規則によって救われると考えて、その奴隷となっていたのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι.
Nova Versão Internacional - Assim também nós, quando éramos menores, estávamos escravizados aos princípios elementares do mundo.
Hoffnung für alle - Genauso ging es auch uns. Wie Unmündige waren wir allen Mächten und Zwängen dieser Welt ausgeliefert.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng ta cũng thế, trước khi Chúa Cứu Thế đến, chúng ta phải làm nô lệ cho các thần linh sơ đẳng trong thế gian vì tưởng những thứ ấy có thể cứu rỗi chúng ta.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เช่นกันเมื่อเรายังเด็ก เราเป็นทาสอยู่ใต้บังคับของหลักการพื้นฐานทั้งหลายของโลก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เราก็เช่นกัน เมื่อเป็นเด็กอยู่ เราก็เป็นทาสอยู่ภายใต้การบังคับของอำนาจแห่งวัตถุท้องฟ้า

Cross Reference

John 8:31 - Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings.
Galatians 3:19 - Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.
Galatians 4:25 - And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law.
Hebrews 7:16 - Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.
Galatians 3:23 - Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed.
Galatians 3:24 - Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
Galatians 3:25 - And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.
Matthew 11:28 - Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Romans 8:15 - So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
Acts of the Apostles 15:10 - So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?
Galatians 2:4 - Even that question came up only because of some so-called believers there—false ones, really —who were secretly brought in. They sneaked in to spy on us and take away the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to enslave us and force us to follow their Jewish regulations.
Galatians 4:9 - So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?
Colossians 2:20 - You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,
Colossians 2:8 - Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

New Living Translation - And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.
新标点和合本 - 我们为孩童的时候，受管于世俗小学之下，也是如此。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们也是一样，在未成年的时候，被世上粗浅的学说所奴役，也是如此。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们也是一样，在未成年的时候，被世上粗浅的学说所奴役，也是如此。
当代译本 - 我们也一样，在孩童时期受世界基本规条的辖制。
圣经新译本 - 我们也是这样，作孩童的时候，被世俗的言论所奴役；
中文标准译本 - 我们也是这样：我们还是小孩子的时候，在世界的原则下受奴役。
现代标点和合本 - 我们为孩童的时候受管于世俗小学之下，也是如此。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们为孩童的时候，受管于世俗小学之下，也是如此。
New International Version - So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world.
New International Reader's Version - It is the same with us. When we were children, we were slaves to the basic spiritual powers of the world.
English Standard Version - In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.
Christian Standard Bible - In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements of the world.
New American Standard Bible - So we too, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elementary principles of the world.
New King James Version - Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
Amplified Bible - So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.
American Standard Version - So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
King James Version - Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
New English Translation - So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.
World English Bible - So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
新標點和合本 - 我們為孩童的時候，受管於世俗小學之下，也是如此。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們也是一樣，在未成年的時候，被世上粗淺的學說所奴役，也是如此。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們也是一樣，在未成年的時候，被世上粗淺的學說所奴役，也是如此。
當代譯本 - 我們也一樣，在孩童時期受世界基本規條的轄制。
聖經新譯本 - 我們也是這樣，作孩童的時候，被世俗的言論所奴役；
呂振中譯本 - 我們也是這樣：我們做孩童時，就是在世俗所信之「宇宙星質之靈」底下做奴僕。
中文標準譯本 - 我們也是這樣：我們還是小孩子的時候，在世界的原則下受奴役。
現代標點和合本 - 我們為孩童的時候受管於世俗小學之下，也是如此。
文理和合譯本 - 我儕童蒙時、亦役於斯世之小學、
文理委辦譯本 - 我儕當未成人、亦為此世小學束縛、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕亦然、當未成人時、被此世賤質賤質或作虛文束縛、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾人亦然、方吾人之尚屬幼稚、亦受制於世俗之蒙學；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Así también nosotros, cuando éramos menores, estábamos esclavizados por los principios de este mundo.
현대인의 성경 - 이와 같이 우리도 어렸을 때는 유치한 유대교의 율법에 매여 종살이하고 있었습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Так и мы, пока были «детьми», находились в рабстве у религиозных начал в мире.
Восточный перевод - Так и мы, пока были «детьми», находились в рабстве у духовных сил этого мира.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так и мы, пока были «детьми», находились в рабстве у духовных сил этого мира.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так и мы, пока были «детьми», находились в рабстве у духовных сил этого мира.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Nous aussi, lorsque nous étions des enfants, nous étions de même asservis aux principes élémentaires qui régissent la vie dans ce monde .
リビングバイブル - キリストが来られるまでは、私たちもそれとよく似た立場にありました。ユダヤ教の戒律や規則によって救われると考えて、その奴隷となっていたのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι.
Nova Versão Internacional - Assim também nós, quando éramos menores, estávamos escravizados aos princípios elementares do mundo.
Hoffnung für alle - Genauso ging es auch uns. Wie Unmündige waren wir allen Mächten und Zwängen dieser Welt ausgeliefert.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng ta cũng thế, trước khi Chúa Cứu Thế đến, chúng ta phải làm nô lệ cho các thần linh sơ đẳng trong thế gian vì tưởng những thứ ấy có thể cứu rỗi chúng ta.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เช่นกันเมื่อเรายังเด็ก เราเป็นทาสอยู่ใต้บังคับของหลักการพื้นฐานทั้งหลายของโลก
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เราก็เช่นกัน เมื่อเป็นเด็กอยู่ เราก็เป็นทาสอยู่ภายใต้การบังคับของอำนาจแห่งวัตถุท้องฟ้า

John 8:31 - Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings.
Galatians 3:19 - Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.
Galatians 4:25 - And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law.
Hebrews 7:16 - Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.
Galatians 3:23 - Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed.
Galatians 3:24 - Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
Galatians 3:25 - And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.
Matthew 11:28 - Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Romans 8:15 - So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
Acts of the Apostles 15:10 - So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?
Galatians 2:4 - Even that question came up only because of some so-called believers there—false ones, really —who were secretly brought in. They sneaked in to spy on us and take away the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to enslave us and force us to follow their Jewish regulations.
Galatians 4:9 - So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?
Colossians 2:20 - You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,
Colossians 2:8 - Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.