Galatians 4:8

Paul's Concern for the Galatians

8 Formerly, when you 1did not know God, you 2were enslaved to those that by nature 3are not gods.

Galatians 4:8 In-Context

6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
10 You observe days and months and seasons and years!

Cross References 3

  • 1. 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 John 4:8
  • 2. [Ephesians 2:11, 12; 1 Thessalonians 1:9]
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 13:9; Isaiah 37:19; Jeremiah 2:11; Jeremiah 5:7; Jeremiah 16:20; [1 Corinthians 8:4]
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