World English Bible
Galatians 4:9
“But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?”
Verse in context — Galatians 4
7
So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8
However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
9
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
10
You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
11
I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
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