Gal 3:24, 4:3, 9 | ESV | STEP | So then , the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith .

Galatians 3:24

24 So then, ^athe law was our ^bguardian until Christ came, ^cin order that we might be justified by faith.

Galatians 4:3

3 In the same way we also, when we were children, ^dwere enslaved to the elementary principles ^{▼▼Or elemental spirits; also verse 9} of the world.

Galatians 4:9

9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather ^fto be known by God, ^ghow can you turn back again to ^hthe weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?