Galatians 4:9

7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
KJV
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?
WEB
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
ASV
but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
DARBY
but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?
BLB
But now, having known God, but rather having been known by God, how do you⁺ turn again to the weak and poor elements, to which you⁺ want to be in slavery again anew?
ÅB
men nå, da dere kjenner Gud, ja det som mere er, er kjent av Gud, hvordan kan dere da vende om igjen til den skrøpelige og fattige barnelærdom? vil dere da på ny igjen slave under den?
OTB
Men nå som dere kjenner Gud, eller rettere sagt er kjent av Gud, hvordan kan dere vende tilbake til de svake og verdiløse prinsippene? Ønsker dere å bli slaver under dem igjen?
B1930
men nu, da I kjenner Gud, ja det som mere er, er kjent av Gud, hvorledes kan I da vende om igjen til den skrøpelige og fattige barnelærdom? vil I da på ny igjen træle under den?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 8:3

    But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

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  • Galatians 3:3

    Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

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  • Romans 8:3

    For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

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  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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  • 2 Peter 2:20

    For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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  • John 10:27

    My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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  • 2 Timothy 2:19

    Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

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