🕊️WEB · Galatians 4:1

What does Galatians 4:1 mean?

"But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;"

— Galatians 4:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;

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but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.

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

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But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

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