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Galatians 4:3

So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.

Galatians 4:3 BSB
  1. a Or elemental forces; similarly in verse 9

Galatians 4:3 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Colossians 2:8 (12 votes) and Colossians 2:20 (12 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Matthew 11 to Hebrews 9.

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Which verses does Galatians 4:3 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Colossians 2:812 votes

    See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

  2. Colossians 2:2012 votes

    If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

  3. Galatians 4:911 votes

    But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

  4. Galatians 2:49 votes

    This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

  5. Galatians 4:31–5:16 votes

    Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

  6. Acts 15:105 votes

    Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

  7. Romans 8:154 votes

    For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

  8. John 8:313 votes

    So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

  9. Matthew 11:282 votes

    Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

  10. Galatians 3:192 votes

    Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

  11. Galatians 3:23–252 votes

    Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. …

  12. Galatians 4:252 votes

    Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

  13. Hebrews 7:162 votes

Which verses point to Galatians 4:3?

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