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Galatians 4:3

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4:3So also we, when we were minors,5 were enslaved under the basic forces6 of the world.

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  1. 5 See the note on the word “minor” in .
  2. 6 Or “basic principles,” “elemental things,” or “elemental spirits.” Some interpreters take this as a reference to supernatural powers who controlled nature and/or human fate.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements of the world.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

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