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NASB					Gal 4:3 So³⁷⁷⁹ also²⁵³² we, while³⁷⁵³ we were children³⁵¹⁶, were held¹⁴⁰² ^Ain bondage¹⁴⁰² under⁵²⁵⁹ the ¹ ^Belemental⁴⁷⁴⁷ things⁴⁷⁴⁷ of the world²⁸⁸⁹.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gal 4:3 So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.

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Or rudimentary teachings or principles

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Gal 2:4 But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.

Gal 4:9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

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Greek Heb.

1402

douloô; from 1401; to enslave, bring under subjection:--became slaves(1), enslaved(4), held in bondage(1), made a slave(1), under bondage(1).

2532

kai; a prim. conjunc.; and, even, also:--accompanied(1), actually(2), after(2), again(1), again*(1), along(4), also(535), although(1), although*(1), besides*(1), both(37), both*(1), certainly(1), continue(1), either(2), else(1), even(132), forty-six*(1), if(1), including(1), indeed(20), indeed*(2), just(3), likewise(1), more*(2), moving about freely*(1), nor(4), now(2), only(2), only*(1), or(11), same(1), so(30), than(2), than*(4), then(105), though(1), though*(6), together(1), too(34), until(1), very(3), well(13), when(7), whether(1), while(1), whose*(1), without*(4), yet(9).

2889

kosmos; a prim. word; order, the world:--adornment(1), world(184), world's(1).

3516

nêpios; of unc. or.; an infant, fig. a simple-minded or immature person:--child(5), childish(1), children(2), immature(1), infant(1), infants(4).

3753

hote; from 3739 and 5037; when:--after(5), soon(1), when(90), while(4).

3779

houtô and houtôs; adv. from 3778; in this way, thus:--even so(1), exactly(2), exactly*(1), follows(2), in such a manner(1), in such a way(4), just(2), like this(5), like*(1), same(2), same manner(1), same way(5), so(125), such(2), then(1), thereby(1), this(1), this is the way(2), this is how(1), this effect(1), this manner(4), this respect(1), this way(22), thus(7), way(7), way this(1).

4747

stoicheion; from the same as 4748; one of a row, hence a letter (of the alphabet), by ext. the elements (of knowledge):--elemental things(2), elementary principles(2), elementary*(1), elements(2), principles(1).

5259

hupo; a prim. prep.; by, under:--about(1), hands(3), power(1), under(46).

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