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# General Information:
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The word "we" here refers to all Christians, including the people to whom Paul was writing.
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# when we were children
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"when we were like children"
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# we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world
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"we were like slaves to the elemental principles of the world" or "we obeyed the elemental principles of the world as if we were slaves"
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# the elemental principles of the world
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These words could refer to 1) the laws or moral principles of the world, or 2) spiritual powers that some people thought control what happens on earth.
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