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Galatians 4:9

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

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ASV

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?

KJV

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

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
νῦνnunnowG3568 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
γνόντεςgnonteshaving knownG1097 →
θεόν,theonGod,G2316 →
μᾶλλονmallonratherG3123 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
γνωσθέντεςgnōsthenteshaving been knownG1097 →
ὑπὸhupobyG5259 →
θεοῦ,theouGod,G2316 →
πῶςpōshowG4459 →
ἐπιστρέφετεepistrephetedo you turnG1994 →
πάλινpalinagainG3825 →
ἐπὶepitoG1909 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ἀσθενῆasthenēweakG772 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πτωχὰptōchadestituteG4434 →
στοιχεῖαstoicheiaprinciplesG4747 →
οἷςhoisto whichG3739 →
πάλινpalinagainG3825 →
ἄνωθενanōthenanewG509 →
δουλεύεινdouleueinto be enslavedG1398 →
θέλετε;theleteyou desire?G2309 →

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Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.Nahum 1:7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.1 Corinthians 8:3But the one who loves God is known by God.Galatians 3:3Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.Galatians 4:3So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.John 8:19“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,Acts 15:10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.Titus 1:14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.Psalms 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.Hosea 13:5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

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The Crucifixion — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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