Galatians 4:9

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

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?

BSB

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

WEB

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?

YLT

and now, having known God—and rather being known by God—how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?

F.O.G Original

(9) But now that you know אֱלֹהִים Elohim-God and rather are known by אֱלֹהִים Elohim-God, how do you turn back again to the weak and poor elementals which you want to be enslaved all over again as

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

⁹But now that you’ve come to know God—or rather, now that God knows you intimately—how can you turn back to those weak and worthless principlesᶜ? Do you want to become slaves all over again?

Footnotes:

⁹ᶜ Weak and worthless principles: The basic religious and philosophical elements that governed pagan worship and legalistic approaches to spirituality.