Galates 4:1-3
Segond 21
4 Voici ce que je veux dire: aussi longtemps que l'héritier est un enfant, il ne diffère en rien d'un esclave, quoiqu'il soit le maître de tout: 2 il est soumis à des tuteurs et à des administrateurs jusqu'au moment fixé par son père. 3 Nous aussi, de la même manière, lorsque nous étions des enfants, nous étions esclaves des principes élémentaires qui régissent le monde[a].
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- Galates 4:3 Principes… le monde: littéralement éléments du monde, c’est-à-dire les éléments et rites des religions humaines ou les puissances spirituelles, selon les interprétations.
Galatians 4:1-3
New International Version
4 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery(A) under the elemental spiritual forces[a] of the world.(B)
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- Galatians 4:3 Or under the basic principles
Galatians 4:1-3
English Standard Version
Sons and Heirs
4 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,[a] though he is the owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, (A)were enslaved to the elementary principles[b] of the world.
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- Galatians 4:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 7
- Galatians 4:3 Or elemental spirits; also verse 9
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