Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
10You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:43hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
Psalms 1:6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 2:5then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Habakkuk 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.
Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, 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 →