²⁴ Not that we ^(A)lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are ^(B)standing firm.

⁴ But it was because of the ^(A)false brethren secretly brought in, who ^(B)had sneaked in to spy out our ^(C)liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to ^(D)bring us into bondage.

³ So also we, while we were children, were held ^(A)in bondage under the ^[a](B)elemental things of the world.

⁹ But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be ^(A)known by God, ^(B)how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless ^[a](C)elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

Walk by the Spirit

5 ^[a](A)It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore ^(B)keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a ^(C)yoke of slavery.