Galatians 4:3 meaning and explanation

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

Galatians 4:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is writing to Gentile believers in Galatia who were being pressured to adopt Jewish law observance. In verses 1 and 2 he pictures an heir who is still a minor: he owns everything yet is no different from a servant until his father sets the date.

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