Galatians 4:8

But at one time, you Gentiles, having no knowledge of God, were slaves to gods which in reality do not exist.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

7Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir also through God's own act.

9Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved?

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Cross References

John 1:10He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.

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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