Kolose 2:20

2:20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits ¹  of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

Galatia 4:3

4:3 So also we, when we were minors, ²  were enslaved under the basic forces ³  of the world.

[2:20]  ¹ tn See the note on the phrase “elemental spirits” in 2:8.

[4:3]  ² tn See the note on the word “minor” in 4:1.

[4:3]  ³ 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.