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Galatians 4:8

Context
NETBible

Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. 1 

NIV ©

biblegateway Gal 4:8

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

NASB ©

biblegateway Gal 4:8

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

NLT ©

biblegateway Gal 4:8

Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so–called gods that do not even exist.

MSG ©

biblegateway Gal 4:8

Earlier, before you knew God personally, you were enslaved to so-called gods that had nothing of the divine about them.

BBE ©

SABDAweb Gal 4:8

But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Gal 4:8

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.

NKJV ©

biblegateway Gal 4:8

But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

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KJV
Howbeit
<235>
then
<5119> <3303>_,
when ye knew
<1492> (5761)
not
<3756>
God
<2316>_,
ye did service
<1398> (5656)
unto them which by nature
<5449>
are
<5607> (5752)
no
<3361>
gods
<2316>_.
NASB ©

biblegateway Gal 4:8

However
<235>
at that time
<5119>
, when you did not know
<3609>
God
<2316>
, you were slaves
<1398>
to those
<3588>
which by nature
<5449>
are no
<3361>
gods
<2316>
.
NET [draft] ITL
Formerly
<5119>
when you did
<1492>
not
<3756>
know
<1492>
God
<2316>
, you were enslaved
<1398>
to beings that by nature
<5449>
are
<1510>
not
<3361>
gods
<2316>
at all.
GREEK
alla tote men ouk eidotev edouleusate fusei mh ousin

NETBible

Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. 1 

NET Notes

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.”




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