So we too, when we were children, were held (A)in bondage under the [a](B)elementary principles of the world.

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  1. Galatians 4:3 Or rudimentary teachings

So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery(A) under the elemental spiritual forces[a] of the world.(B)

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  1. Galatians 4:3 Or under the basic principles

20 (A)If you have died with Christ [a]to the (B)elementary principles of the world, (C)why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to (D)decrees, such as,

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  1. Colossians 2:20 Lit from

20 Since you died with Christ(A) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(B) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(C)

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