Galatians 4:3

4:3 So also we, when we were minors, ¹  were enslaved under the basic forces ²  of the world.

Galatians 4:31

4:31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, ³  we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

[4:3]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “minor” in 4:1.

[4:3]  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.

[4:31]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.