New American Standard Bible 1995
Galatians 4:8-15
8HoweverG235 at that timeG5119, 1when you did not knowG3609 GodG2316, you were 2slavesG1398 to 3thoseG3588 which by natureG5449 are noG3361 godsG2316. 9But nowG3568 that you have come to knowG1097 GodG2316, orG1161 ratherG3123 to be 4knownG1097 by GodG2316, 5howG4459 is it that you turnG1994 backG1994 againG3825 to the weakG772 and worthlessG4434 67elementalG4747 thingsG4747, to whichG3739 you desireG2309 to be enslavedG1398 allG509 overG509 againG3825? 10You 8observeG3906 daysG2250 and monthsG3376 and seasonsG2540 and yearsG1763. 11I fearG5399 for you, that perhapsG4458 I have laboredG2872 9overG1519 you in vainG1500.
12I begG1189 of you, 10brethrenG80, 11becomeG1096 as I am, for I alsoG2532 have become as you are. You have doneG91 me noG3762 wrongG91; 13but you knowG3609 that it was becauseG1223 of a 12bodilyG4561 illnessG769 that I preachedG2097 the gospelG2097 to you the 13firstG4387 timeG4387; 14and that whichG3986 was a 14trialG3986 to you in my 15bodilyG4561 conditionG4561 you did not despiseG1848 orG3761 16loatheG1609, but 17you receivedG1209 me as an angelG32 of GodG2316, as 18ChristG5547 JesusG2424 Himself. 15WhereG4226 thenG3767 is 19that senseG3108 of blessingG3108 you had? For I bearG3140 you witnessG3140 that, ifG1487 possibleG1415, you would have pluckedG1846 out your eyesG3788 and givenG1325 them to me.
Notes
- 1. Galatians 4:8 1 Cor 1:21; Eph 2:12; 1 Thess 4:5; 2 Thess 1:8 ↩
- 2. Galatians 4:8 Gal 4:3 ↩
- 3. Galatians 4:8 2 Chr 13:9; Is 37:19; Jer 2:11; 1 Cor 8:4f; 10:20 ↩
- 4. Galatians 4:9 1 Cor 8:3 ↩
- 5. Galatians 4:9 Col 2:20 ↩
- 6. Galatians 4:9 Or rudimentary teachings or principles ↩
- 7. Galatians 4:9 Gal 4:3 ↩
- 8. Galatians 4:10 Rom 14:5; Col 2:16 ↩
- 9. Galatians 4:11 Or for ↩
- 10. Galatians 4:12 Gal 6:18 ↩
- 11. Galatians 4:12 2 Cor 6:11, 13 ↩
- 12. Galatians 4:13 Lit weakness of the flesh ↩
- 13. Galatians 4:13 Or former ↩
- 14. Galatians 4:14 Or temptation ↩
- 15. Galatians 4:14 Lit flesh ↩
- 16. Galatians 4:14 Lit spit out at ↩
- 17. Galatians 4:14 Matt 10:40; 1 Thess 2:13 ↩
- 18. Galatians 4:14 Gal 3:26 ↩
- 19. Galatians 4:15 Lit the congratulation of yourselves ↩
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
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