Galatians 4:3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world. (See NIV)
Colossians 2:8 Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ. (See NIV)
Colossians 2:20 If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, (See NIV)