Galatians 4:10

Galatians 4:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
• New International Version (NIV)You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
• English Standard Version (ESV)You observe days and months and seasons and years!
• New King James Version (NKJV)You observe days and months and seasons and years.

Context of Galatians 4:10

8Before, when you did not know God, you served false gods. They were not gods at all, but you were their slaves. 9But now you do know God. Or really, I should say that God knows you. So you must not turn back to serve those weak spirits that rule this world. Why do you want to obey their useless rules and become their slaves again? You say that certain days, or months, or seasons, or years are special. That is how you want to please God. 11I am afraid about you. I worked very much to help you. I do not want my work to have no results. 12My Christian friends, please become like me! I ask you to do this, because when I was with you, I became like you. You did not then do anything wrong to me.

Galatians 4:10 word by word

ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε καὶ μῆνας καὶ καιροὺς καὶ ἐνιαυτούς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye observeπαρατηρέωparatēreō · to observeG3906
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• monthsμήνmēn · monthG3376
• timesκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• yearsἐνιαυτόςeniautos · yearG1763

Cross-references for Galatians 4:10

• Leviticus 23:1The Lord said to Moses,
• Leviticus 25:1Moses was on Sinai's mountain. The Lord spoke to him there.
• Numbers 28:1The Lord said to Moses,
• Romans 14:5Some people think that certain days are special and more important than other days. Other people think that all days are the same. Each person should decide what seems right to him.
• Colossians 2:16Some people may tell you that it is wrong for you to eat or to drink certain things. Or they make rules about special festival days, about new moons, or about the Jewish days for rest. Do not agree with people like that.

Commentaries on Galatians 4:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Ye observe days - Ye superstitiously regard the Sabbaths and particular days of your own appointment; And months - New moons; times - festivals, such as those of tabernacles, dedication, passover, etc. Years - Annual atonements, sabbatical years, and jubilees.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Ye observe - The object of this verse is to specify some of the things to which they had become enslaved. Days - The days here referred to are doubtless the days of the Jewish festivals. They had numerous days of such observances, and in addition to those specified in the Old Testament, the Jews had added many others as days commemorative of the destruction and rebuilding of the temple, and of other important events in their history. It is not a fair…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-11Verses 8-11 The happy change whereby the Galatians were turned from idols to the living God, and through Christ had received the adoption of sons, was the effect of his free and rich grace; they were laid under the greater obligation to keep to the liberty wherewith he had made them free. All our knowledge of God begins on his part; we know him because we are known of him. Though our religion forbids idolatry, yet many practise spiritual idolatry in their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Circumcision was just one way the Galatians tried to follow the law of Moses. They also started celebrating Jewish festivals. They believed this would make them more acceptable to God. To Paul, this showed they misunderstood or rejected the good news of God's grace through Jesus Christ.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. Appeal to them not to turn back from their privileges as free sons, to legal bondage again. then--when ye were "servants" (Ga 4:7). ye knew not God--not opposed to Ro 1:21. The heathen originally knew God, as Ro 1:21 states, but did not choose to retain God in their knowledge, and so corrupted the original truth. 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…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Galatians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings