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6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth athe Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out,1 “Abba, Father!”  
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, aand if a son, then an heir of God2 through Christ.  

Fears for the Church

8 But then, indeed, awhen you did not know God, byou served those which by nature are not gods.  
9 But now aafter you have known God, or rather are known by God, bhow is it that you turn again to cthe weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?  
10 aYou observe days and months and seasons and years.  
11 I am afraid for you, alest I have labored for you in vain.  
12 Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. aYou have not injured me at all.  
13 You know that abecause of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.  
14 And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me aas an angel of God, beven as Christ Jesus.  
15 1What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.  
16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
17 They azealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them.  
18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.
19 aMy little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,  
20 I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.

Two Covenants

21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: athe one by a bondwoman, bthe other by a freewoman.  
Verse Comparison: Galatians 4:8

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American Standard Version
Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:

Amplified® Bible
But at that previous time, when you had not come to be acquainted with {and} understand {and} know the true God, you [Gentiles] were in bondage to gods who by their very nature could not be gods at all [gods that really did not exist].

Contemporary English Version
Before you knew God, you were slaves of gods that are not real.

Darby English Version
But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;

Good News Bible
In the past you did not know God, and so you were slaves of beings who are not gods.

International Standard Version
However, in the past, when you did not know God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all.

King James Version
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

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

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

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
However at that time, when you did not know God, you became slaves to those which by nature do not really have any claim as gods.

Young's Literal Translation
But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,


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