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Galatians 4:8 KJV
Galatians · chapter 4 · verse 8
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.Galatians 4:8 · King James Version
Galatians 4:8 in context
6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
9But 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?
10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Howbeitallabut, nevertheless, notwithstanding, an objection, an exception, a restriction, nay…G235 →
- servicedouleuōto be a slave, serve, do service, of a nation in subjection to other nations, metaph. to…G1398 →
- naturephysisnature, the nature of things, the force, laws, order of nature, as opposed to what is…G5449 →
- kneweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the faith of Christ, and what a blessed change their conversion had made upon them;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-11