# how is it that you are turning back to ... principles? "why are you paying attention again to ... principles?" or "you should not be concerned again with ... principles." # elemental principles See how you translated this phrase in Galatians 4:3. # Do you want to be enslaved all over again? This rebuke can be translated as a sentence. Alternate translation: "It seems that you want to be slaves again." or "You behave as though you wanted to be like slaves again."