8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, |Abba, Father!|
7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
9 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?
10 You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
4:8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not 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.
4:8But 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.