Galatians 4:3 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 3 Likewise, we too, when we were children, were enslaved by the elementary things of the world.+ Colossians 2:8 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 8 Look out that no one takes you captive by means of the philosophy and empty deception+ according to human tradition, according to the elementary things of the world+ and not according to Christ;
8 Look out that no one takes you captive by means of the philosophy and empty deception+ according to human tradition, according to the elementary things of the world+ and not according to Christ;