Galatians 4:9
but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;
10Ye observe days and months and times and years.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:43hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, [and] that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
Psalms 1:6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 2:5then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
Habakkuk 2:14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea.
Luke 5:38but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are 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 →