Gal.4.3

That is the way it is with us: When we were minors, we were just like slaves ordered around by simple instructions (the tutors and administrators of this world), with no say in the conduct of our own lives.

Gal.4.3

So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world.

Gal.4.3

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.

Gal.4.3

And that's the way it was with us before Christ came. We were slaves to the spiritual powers of this world.