Galatians 4:8

Contrariwise, then, on-one-hand, not having-beheld God, you-slave to{the[plural] to{nature} not being gods}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

7such-as not-still you-are-being [a] slave; contrariwise, [a] son. Moreover, if [a] son also [an] inheritor of{God} through of{Anointed}.

9On-the-other-hand, now know[ing] God, more moreover known under of{God}, how[?] you-are-turning-upon again upon the[plural] weak and destitute in-line-withs to{which} again up/anew-place-ly you-are-will-ing to-be-slaving[?]

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Cross References

John 1:10In to{the world} he-has-been-being, and the world is-become through of{same}, and the world does_not_know same.

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 →

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