Add parallel Print Page Options

So you are no longer an eved but a ben; and if a ben, also a yoresh through Hashem.

But, formerly, when you did not have da’as (knowledge) of Hashem, you were avadim serving that which is by nature not HaEl Ha’Amiti (the true G-d).

But, now, having known Hashem, or rather having been known by Hashem, how is it that you are returning to the weak and beggarly yesodot (rudiments) of the Olam Hazeh to which again you want to renew your service as avadim?

Read full chapter

So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.(A)

Paul’s Concern for the Galatians

Formerly, when you did not know God,(B) you were slaves(C) to those who by nature are not gods.(D) But now that you know God—or rather are known by God(E)—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces[a]? Do you wish to be enslaved(F) by them all over again?(G)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:9 Or principles