Galatians 4:3 Cross References

Galatians 4:3

3: And that's the way it was with us before Christ came. We were slaves to the spiritual powers of this world.

Colossians 2:20

  1. You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the evil powers of this world. So why do you keep on following rules of the world, such as,

Colossians 2:8

  1. Don't let anyone lead you astray with empty philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the evil powers of this world, and not from Christ.

Galatians 4:9

  1. And now that you have found God (or should I say, now that God has found you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual powers of this world?

Galatians 2:4

  1. Even that question wouldn't have come up except for some so-called Christians there--false ones, really--who came to spy on us and see our freedom in Christ Jesus. They wanted to force us, like slaves, to follow their Jewish regulations.

Acts 15:10

  1. Why are you now questioning God's way by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?

Galatians 4:31

  1. So, dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, obligated to the law. We are children of the free woman, acceptable to God because of our faith.
  2. So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.

Galatians 4:25

  1. And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery.

Galatians 3:23

  1. Until faith in Christ was shown to us as the way of becoming right with God, we were guarded by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until we could put our faith in the coming Savior.
  2. Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian and teacher to lead us until Christ came. So now, through faith in Christ, we are made right with God.
  3. But now that faith in Christ has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

Matthew 11:28

  1. 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

  1. So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family--calling him "Father, dear Father."

Hebrews 7:16

  1. He became a priest, not by meeting the old requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.

Galatians 3:19

  1. Well then, why was the law given? It was given to show people how guilty they are. But this system of law was to last only until the coming of the child to whom God's promise was made. And there is this further difference. God gave his laws to angels to give to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.

John 8:31

  1. Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you keep obeying my teachings.
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