Galatians 4:9

Now, however, when you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are beginning to turn back to those weak and beggarly externalities, eager to be in bondage to them again?

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

8But once, when you Gentiles had no knowledge of God, you were slaves to gods which have no real being.

10You are scrupulous, are you, in observing "days" and "months" and "seasons" and "years"?

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Cross References

Luke 5:38"But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins

John 10:27"My sheep listen to 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 →

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