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Galatians 4:9

American Standard Version

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?

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Galatians 4:9 in other translations

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?

Galatians 4:9 · World English Bible

Galatians 4:9 in context

  1. 7So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
  2. 8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:
  3. 9but 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?
  4. 10Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.
  5. 11I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.