Bible in Basic English
"So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;"
— Galatians 4:3, Bible in Basic English
“Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:”
“So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: ”
“So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.”
“So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.”
But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;
But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.
So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.