Galatians 4:3

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

Note Or elemental forces; similarly in verse 9

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

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: