Galatians 4:8-11
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8 However at that time, (A)when you did not know God, you were (B)slaves to (C)those which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, having known God, or rather having been (D)known by God, (E)how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless [a](F)elemental things, to which you want to be enslaved all over again? 10 You (G)observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [b]over you for nothing.
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Galatians 4:8-11
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8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.(A) 9 Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental principles?[a] How can you want to be enslaved to them again?(B) 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid that my work for you may have been wasted.
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