Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 4:8-11
Galatians 4:8-11. Howbeit Αλλα , but, or however, that ye Gentiles may not foolishly reject, neglect, or forfeit your privileges, as the sons of God, you ought to remember what your condition was while under the elements of the world, and compare it with your present happy state: that then, when ye knew not the one living and true God, ye did service Performed many degrading, burdensome, irrational, and abominable acts of worship and service, unto them which by nature are no... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:9
But now ... - The sense is, that since they had been made free from their ignoble servitude in the worship of false gods, and had been admitted to the freedom found in the worship of the true God, it was absurd that they should return again to that which was truly slavery or bondage, the observance of the rites of the Jewish law.That ye have known God - The true God, and the ease and freedom of his service in the gospel.Or rather are known of God - The sense is, “Or, to speak more accurately or... read more