Galatians 4:8
But, at that time—not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 that, no longer, art thou a servant, but a son; and, if a son, an heir also, through God.
Cross References
Joshua 24:2Then said Joshua unto all the people—Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Beyond the River, dwelt your fathers from age-past times, [unto] Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor,—and they served other gods.
2 Chronicles 13:9Have ye not driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites,—and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of the countries? Whosoever cometh to install himself with a young bullock, and seven rams, then becometh he a priest unto the, no-gods.
Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men:
Isaiah 44:9The fashioners of an image—all of them, are emptiness, And, the things they delight in, cannot profit,—And, their, witnesses, they, neither see nor know, That they may be ashamed.
Jeremiah 10:3For as for the prescribed customs of the peoples, vanity, they are,—For a tree out of the forest, one cutteth down, Work for the hands of a skilled workman with the axe:
John 1:10In the world, he was, and, the world, through him, came into existence, 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 →