Galatians 4:3

It is the same with us [all, Jews, Christians, or Gentiles]; when we were immature children, we were slaves under the basic teachings of a structured system of rules and laws (the world – Gk. kosmos). [The Jewish rules and rituals or pagan religions.]

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Nestle-Aland (NA)

οὕτως   καὶ   ἡμεῖς   ὅτε   ἦμεν   νήπιοι,   ὑπὸ   τὰ   στοιχεῖα   τοῦ   κόσμου   ἤμεθα   δεδουλωμένοι·  

Textus Receptus (TR)

οὕτως   καὶ   ἡμεῖς   ὅτε   ἦμεν   νήπιοι,   ὑπὸ   τὰ   στοιχεῖα   τοῦ   κόσμου   ἤμεθα   δεδουλωμένοι·  

Manuscript comments

TR has 12 Words, NA has 13 (+1).



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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3779
οὕτως (oytos)
So
Adverb Adverb
ADV
G2532
καὶ (kai)
also
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G1473
ἡμεῖς (emeis)
we,
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
nom. pl. first person Nominative plural
P-1NP
G3753
ὅτε (ote)
when
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G1510
ἦμεν (emen)
we were
VERB Verb
imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative
pl. first person plural
V-IAI-1P
G3516
νήπιοι, (nepioi,)
children,
Adjective Adjective
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
A-NPM
G5259
ὑπὸ (ypo)
under
Preposition Preposition
PREP
G3588
τὰ (ta)
the
Definite article Definite article
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
T-APN
G4747
στοιχεῖα (stoicheia)
basic principles
Noun Noun
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
N-APN
G3588
τοῦ (toy)
of the
Definite article Definite article
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
T-GSM
G2889
κόσμου (kosmoy)
world
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
N-GSM
G1510
ἤμεθα (emetha)
we ourselves were
VERB Verb
imp. middle ind. imperfect middle indicative
pl. first person plural
V-IMI-1P
G1402
δεδουλωμένοι· (dedoylomenoi.)
held in bondage.
VERB Verb
perf. pass. part. perfect passive Participle
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
V-RPP-NPM

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