Galatians 4:3-4

4:3 So also we, when we were minors, ¹  were enslaved under the basic forces ²  of the world. 4:4 But when the appropriate time ³  had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

[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.

[4:4]  ³ tn Grk “the fullness of time” (an idiom for the totality of a period of time, with the implication of proper completion; see L&N 67.69).