Galatians 4:8 KJV — MannaFest

Galatians 4:8

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

But then indeed, not knowingGod, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are notgods;

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Galatians — Paul's gospel defended against a different gospel. Biography, then argument, then ethics — the Magna Carta of Christian liberty.

Author: Paul (1:1), no co-sender
Date: c. AD 48–49 (south-Galatia view) or c. AD 53–55 (north-Galatia view)

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Ephesians 2:12
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Acts 17:23
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
1 Corinthians 8:4
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Psalms 100:3
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

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Indeed then when ye knew not God, ye served them that by nature - That is, in reality. Are no gods - And so were under a far worse bondage than even that of the Jews.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

They might still have known Him, in a measure, from His works, but as a matter of fact they knew Him not, so far as His eternity, His power as the Creator, and His holiness, are concerned. are no gods--that is, have no existence, such as their worshippers attribute to them, in the nature of things, but only in the corrupt imaginations of their worshippers (see on 1Co 8:4;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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