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Galatians 4:3

New King James Version

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

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American Standard Version

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

Christian Standard Bible

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

English Standard Version

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

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

So we too, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elementary principles of the world.

New International Version

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

New 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.

World English Bible

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.