8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
6 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.
8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 But now that you know God--or rather are known by God--how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
4:8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
4:8But then indeed, not knowing God, you served them, who, by nature, are not gods.
4:8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:
4:8But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;
4:8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them which by nature are no gods:
4:8However then, when ye knew not God, ye did service to them which by nature are no gods.
4:8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
4:8But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,
4:8However, then, when you knew not God, you did service to them which by nature are no gods.