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Galatians 4:8-15

8HoweverἈλλὰAllaG235at that timeτότεtoteG5119,when you did not knowG3609GodθεὸνtheonG2316, you wereslavesἐδουλεύσατεedouleusateG1398tothoseτοῖςtoisG3588which by natureφύσειphuseiG5449are not godsθεοῖς·theoisG2316.

9But nowνῦνnunG3568that you have come to knowγνόντεςgnontesG1097Godθεόν,theonG2316,orG1161ratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123to beknownγνωσθέντεςgnōsthentesG1097by Godθεοῦ,theouG2316,howπῶςpōsG4459is it that you turnἐπιστρέφετεepistrepheteG1994backG1994againπάλινpalinG3825to the weakἀσθενῆasthenēG772and worthlessπτωχὰptōchaG4434elementaryG4747principlesG4747,to whichοἷςhoisG3739you wantθέλετε;theleteG2309to be enslavedδουλεύεινdouleueinG1398allG509overG509againπάλινpalinG3825?

10YoumeticulouslyG3906observeG3906daysἡμέραςhēmerasG2250and monthsμῆναςmēnasG3376and seasonsκαιροὺςkairousG2540and yearsἐνιαυτούς.eniautousG1763.

11I fearφοβοῦμαιphoboumaiG5399for you, that perhapsπωςpōsG4458I have laboredκεκοπίακαkekopiakaG2872overεἰςeisG1519you in vainεἰκῇeikēaG1500.

12I begδέομαιdeomaiG1189of you,brothersἈδελφοί,AdelphoiG80and sisters,becomeΓίνεσθεGinestheG1096as I am,for I alsoκἀγὼkagōkaiG2532have become as you are.You have doneG91me noοὐδένoudenG3762wrongἠδικήσατε.ēdikēsateG91;

13but you knowG3609that it was becauseδι᾽di᾽G1223of abodilyσαρκὸςsarkosG4561illnessἀσθένειανastheneianG769that I preachedG2097the gospelG2097to you thefirstG4387timeG4387;

14and you did not despiseἐξουθενήσατεexouthenēsateG1848that whichG3986wasG3986aG3986trialG3986to you in mybodilyG4561conditionG4561,norοὐδὲoudeG3761expressG1609contemptG1609, butyou receivedἐδέξασθέedexastheG1209me as an angelἄγγελονangelonG32of GodθεοῦtheouG2316,as ChristΧριστὸνChristonG5547JesusἸησοῦν.¶IēsounG2424Himself.

15WhereΠοῦPouG4226thenοὖνounG3767isthat senseG3108ofG3108blessingG3108you had? For I testifyμαρτυρῶmarturōG3140about you that, ifεἰeiG1487possibleδυνατόν,dunatonG1415,you would have tornG1846outG1846your eyesὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmousG3788and givenἐδώκατέedōkateG1325them to me.

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