“The word "child" in this place denotes not age but understanding; meaning that God had from the beginning designed for us these gifts, but, as we yet continued childish, He let us be under the elements of the world, that is, new moons and sabbaths, for these days are regulated by the course of sun and moon. If then al…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Galatians 4
Original
2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
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In context
1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
— Galatians 4:2 —
3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,