Gal 4:3, 9-12, Col 2:14, 16, Heb 13:9 | 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 4:9-12

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? 10 ^fYou observe days and months and seasons and years! 11 I am afraid ^gI may have labored over you in vain.

12 Brothers, ^{▼▼Or Brothers and sisters; also verses 28, 31} ⁱI entreat you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. ^jYou did me no wrong.

Colossians 2:14

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

Colossians 2:16

Let No One Disqualify You

16 Therefore let no one ^mpass judgment on you ⁿin questions of food and drink, or with regard to ^oa festival or ^pa new moon or a Sabbath.

Hebrews 13:9

9 Do not be ^qled away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, ^rnot by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.