Galatia 2:8

2:8 (for he who empowered ¹  Peter for his apostleship ²  to the circumcised ³  also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles) ⁴ 

Galatia 4:3

4:3 So also we, when we were minors, ⁵  were enslaved under the basic forces ⁶  of the world.

[2:8]  ¹ tn Or “worked through”; the same word is also used in relation to Paul later in this verse.

[2:8]  ² tn Or “his ministry as an apostle.”

[2:8]  ³ tn Grk “to the circumcision,” i.e., the Jewish people.

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “also empowered me to the Gentiles.”

[4:3]  ⁵ tn See the note on the word “minor” in 4:1.

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Or “basic principles,” “elemental things,” or “elemental spirits.” Some interpreters take this as a reference to supernatural powers who controlled nature and/or human fate.