Galatians 4:9

now, however, after having known God, rather indeed having been known by God, how is it that you are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments, to which you desire again to be in bondage, as at first?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

In Context

8But, then, because you knew not God, you were enslaved to those who, by nature, are not gods:

10You observe days and months and times and years.

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Cross References

Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both will be preserved.

John 10:27my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:9-12

Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the… Read the whole commentary →

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