 | Samuel Reed Fisher - 1844 - 364 sider
...God who has mani' fested himself in his word, is idolatry. Gal. iv. 8 — Howbeit then, when ye know not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 1 Thes. i. 9 — For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how... | |
 | Saint John Chrysostom - 1845 - 428 sider
...utter absurdity and stupidity to desert this grace, and to turn away backwards ? Ver. 8, 9. Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1845 - 392 sider
...we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. GaL iv. 8. Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. ' Exod. xxxii. 5. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation,... | |
 | Thomas Bowdler - 1845 - 452 sider
...the Gentiles is set forth in the next chapter, after the words which have been read for the text : " When ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods." They were serving and worshipping false gods, dumb idols, and kept in shameful bondage to such vanities.... | |
 | Robert Haldane - 1847 - 780 sider
...?" There is an utter inconsistency between idolatry and the service of God, Gal. iv., 8. " Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods." Before these persons were called by the gospel, they were not serving God according to the light of... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1847 - 832 sider
...no more a servant,-but a son : ' and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ 8 Howbeit then, k when ye knew not God, ' ye did service unto them which by nature are no h Rom. v. 5; viii. 15. ' Romans Tiii. 16, 17 ; Chapter iii. 29. * Eph. ij. u ; 1 Theas. iv. 5. ' Rom.... | |
 | James Alexander Haldane - 1848 - 292 sider
...coming of the Lord, shall be changed, and possess the promised inheritance for ever. Ver. 8. Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. While Israel were under bondage to the wordly elements, the Gentiles were living without God in the... | |
 | 1848 - 554 sider
...thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak... | |
 | John Stuart S. Robertson - 1849 - 300 sider
...salvation. This caution of the apostle is elsewhere displayed. He says to the Galatians (iv. 8, 9) " Then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1849 - 696 sider
...you, being come to years, should return to the state you were in while in your non-age. "8 Howbeit, then when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods." Ver. 8. Howbeit, then when ye knew not the true God, ye served idols, which are gods only in men's... | |
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But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 
