Gálatas 4:8-10 NVT

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 4:9

But now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?To know God, rather to be known by God ... There is a distinction in this that Paul always observed, as in 1 Corinthians 8:3; because, as Leon Morris noted, "The really important thing is not that we know God, but that he knows us!"[14] All true knowledge of God comes from God, and even that conveyed by the blessed... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 4:10

Ye observe days and months and seasons and years. I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.Sabbatarians have done their best to eliminate the meaning of this passage, but as Huxtable tells us, the words used here "were used by Josephus for the keeping of sabbath days";[17] and when read in conjunction with Colossians 2:16 there cannot be any doubt that the sin of the Galatians was simply that of keeping, after the Jewish manner, the sabbaths, festivals and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 4:8

Galatians 4:8. Ye did service unto them, &c.— Ye were in bondage unto those which, &c. See on Galatians 4:1. It is evident here, that though these Christians had, before their conversion, been idolatrous Gentiles, the Judaizing teachers were desirous of subjecting them to the yoke of the Mosaic ceremonies. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 4:9

Galatians 4:9. Are known of God,— Or, are approved of God. The Apostle having said, ye have known God, he subjoins, or rather are known of him, in the Hebrew latitude of the word known; in which language it sometimes signifies, "knowing with choice and approbation." See Amos 3:2. 1 Corinthians 8:3. The law is here Called weak, because it was not able to deliver a man from bondage and death into the glorious liberty of the sons of God; and it is called beggarly, or poor, because it kept men in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:8

8-11. Appeal to them not to turn back from their privileges as free sons, to legal bondage again. then—when ye were "servants" (Galatians 4:7). ye knew not God—not opposed to Romans 1:21. The heathen originally knew God, as Romans 1:21- : states, but did not choose to retain God in their knowledge, and so corrupted the original truth. They might still have known Him, in a measure, from His works, but as a matter of fact they knew Him not, so far as His eternity, His power as the Creator, and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:9

9. known God or rather are known of God—They did not first know and love God, but God first, in His electing love, knew and loved them as His, and therefore attracted them to the saving knowledge of Him (Matthew 7:23; 1 Corinthians 8:3; 2 Timothy 2:19; compare Exodus 33:12; Exodus 33:17; John 15:16; Philippians 3:12). God's great grace in this made their fall from it the more heinous. how—expressing indignant wonder at such a thing being possible, and even actually occurring (Galatians 1:6).... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:10

10. To regard the observance of certain days as in itself meritorious as a work, is alien to the free spirit of Christianity. This is not incompatible with observing the Sabbath or the Christian Lord's day as obligatory, though not as a work (which was the Jewish and Gentile error in the observance of days), but as a holy mean appointed by the Lord for attaining the great end, holiness. The whole life alike belongs to the Lord in the Gospel view, just as the whole world, and not the Jews only,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 4:1-11

1. The domestic illustration 4:1-11Continuing his case for faith over the Mosaic Law, Paul cited an illustration from family life. He did this to clarify the condition of believers as contrasted with nomists and to warn his readers to abandon nomism. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 4:8-9

Before conversion Paul’s readers (mainly Gentiles but some Jews) were slaves to religious traditions that, in the case of Gentiles, included counterfeit gods. Now at liberty they were in danger of turning back to the same slavery. They might return to a system that was weak (with no power to justify or sanctify), worthless (providing no inheritance), and elementary."To recognize oneself to be the centre of divine attention [Galatians 4:9 a] is one of the profounder aspects of Christian... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 4:8-11

The appeal 4:8-11Paul next reminded his readers of their former way of life, the transformation that their adoption into God’s family had wrought, and his concern that they were in danger of trading their future for a mess of pottage. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 4:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 4:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 4:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 4:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 4:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 4:8-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 4:8-11

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