Text -- Galatians 4:3 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gal 4:3

¹ tn See the note on the word “minor” in 4:1.

² tn 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.