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


In Context

5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

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

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

9 But now, after ye have known God, or rather are known by God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage?

10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

Galatians 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8But then indeed, not knowing God, you served them, who, by nature, are not gods.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them which by nature are no gods:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8However, then, when you knew not God, you did service to them which by nature are no gods.