Galatians 4:9
But now that you have found God – or, rather, have been found by him – how is it that you are turning back to that poor and feeble puerile teaching, to which yet once again you are wanting to become slaves?
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In Context
8Yet formerly, in your ignorance of God, you became slaves to ‘gods’ which were no gods.
10You are scrupulous in keeping days and months and seasons and years!
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the way of the righteous is dear to the Lord, but the way of the wicked will end in ruin.
Habakkuk 2:14and the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the seas are full of water.
Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into fresh skins.
John 10:27My sheep listen to my voice; 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 →