Acts 15:10 Cross References - Moffatt

¹⁰ Well now, why are you trying to impose a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we ourselves could bear?

⁷ Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

²⁸ Come to me, all who are labouring and burdened, and I will refresh you. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find your souls refreshed; ³⁰ my yoke is kindly and my burden light."

⁴ They make up heavy loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not stir a finger to remove them.

¹ What I mean is this. As long as an heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a servant, though he is lord of all the property; ² he is under guardians and trustees till the time fixed by his father. ³ So with us. When we were under age, we lived under the thraldom of the Elemental spirits of the world; ⁴ but when the time had fully expired, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, ⁵ to ransom those who were under the Law, that we might get our sonship.

⁹ but now that you know God — or rather, are known by God — how is it you are turning back again to the weakness and poverty of the Elemental spirits? Why do you want to be enslaved all over again by them?

¹ with the freedom for which Christ set us free. Make a firm stand then, do not slip into any yoke of servitude.

⁹ where your fathers put me to the proof, and for forty years felt what I could do.

⁹ (which foreshadowed the present age) was still standing, with its offerings of gifts and sacrifices which cannot possibly make the conscience of the worshipper perfect,