Galatians 4:9
but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known of God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them which by nature are no gods:
10Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:43hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
Psalms 1:6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 2:5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Habakkuk 2:14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
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 →