Galatians 4:8-11
Modern English Version
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
8 Previously, when you did not know God, you served those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now, after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elemental forces to which you desire again to be in bondage? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have worked for you in vain.
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Galatians 4:8-11
Lexham English Bible
Do Not Be Enslaved Again
8 But at that time when you[a] did not know God, you were enslaved to the things which by nature are not gods. 9 But now, because you have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental spirits? Do you want to be enslaved to them[b] all over again? 10 You carefully observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain!
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- Galatians 4:8 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as temporal
- Galatians 4:9 Literally “to whom”
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