Galatians 4:8

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

biblegateway Gal 4:8

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

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.

biblegateway Gal 4:8

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

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.

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

bibleoremus Gal 4:8

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

biblegateway Gal 4:8

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

biblegateway Gal 4:8

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

¹ 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.”