4:8 Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. 2
5:7 You were running well; who prevented you from obeying 3 the truth?
1 tn Grk “For as many of you as.”
2 tn Grk “those that by nature…” with the word “beings” implied. BDAG 1070 s.v. φύσις 2 sees this as referring to pagan worship: “Polytheists worship…beings that are by nature no gods at all Gal 4:8.”
3 tn Or “following.” BDAG 792 s.v. πείθω 3.b states, “obey, follow w. dat. of the pers. or thing…Gal 3:1 v.l.; 5:7.”