Galatians 4:8
But at that time, indeed, when ye knew not God, ye were in slavery to those who in their nature are not gods;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
In Context
7So then thou art no longer a bond-servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
Cross References
Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Isaiah 44:9They that make a graven image are all of them vanity, And their valued works are profitable for nothing; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor understand, So that they may be ashamed.
Jeremiah 10:3The customs of the nations are vanity. For a tree of the wood is cut down, It is wrought by the hands of the artificer with the axe,
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:2-8
The Redemption by Christ. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And… Read the whole commentary →