Galatians 4:8

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

ASV

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

LSV

But then, indeed, having not known God, you were in servitude to those [that are] not by nature gods,

YLT

But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,

DBY

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

DRC

But then indeed, not knowing God, you served them, who, by nature, are not gods.

GNV

But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες θεὸν ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσι θεοῖς·

RP2018

Ἀλλὰ τότε μέν, οὐκ εἰδότες θεόν, ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς μὴ φύσει οὖσιν θεοῖς·

TR-Boyd

Ἀλλὰ τότε μέν, οὐκ εἰδότες Θεόν, ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς μὴ φύσει οὖσι θεοῖς·

SCR1894

αλλα τοτε μεν ουκ ειδοτες θεον εδουλευσατε τοις μη φυσει ουσιν θεοις

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• 1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
• Ephesians 2:11–12Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— remember that at that time you were separate from…
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
• 1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
• 2 Chronicles 13:9But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young…
• 1 Corinthians 1:21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
• 1 Corinthians 10:19–20Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• Isaiah 37:19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
• Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you…
• Ephesians 4:18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
• Jeremiah 10:3–16For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so…
• Isaiah 44:9–20All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? Behold,…
• 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
• Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

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