Gal 4:3, 9, Col 2:14, 20, Heb 9:9-10, 10:1 | ESV | STEP | In the same way we also , when we were children , were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world .

Galatians 4:3

3 In the same way we also, when we were children, ^awere enslaved to the elementary principles ^{▼▼Or elemental spirits; also verse 9} of the world.

Galatians 4:9

9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather ^cto be known by God, ^dhow can you turn back again to ^ethe weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

Colossians 2:14

14 by ^fcanceling ^gthe record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

Colossians 2:20

20 If with Christ ^hyou died to the ⁱelemental spirits of the world, ^jwhy, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations—

Hebrews 9:9-10

9 (which is symbolic for the present age). ^{▼▼Or which is symbolic for the age then present} According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^lthat cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with ^mfood and drink and ⁿvarious washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Hebrews 10:1

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

1 For since the law has but ^oa shadow ^pof the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, ^qit can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.