Galatians 4:9
9But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? ▼▼Or elemental spirits
Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?Rom 8:3; 1Cor 8:3; 13:12; Gal 3:3; Col 2:20; 2Tim 2:19; Heb 7:18 Galatians 4:23
23Now the son of the slave woman was conceived according to the flesh, but the son of the free woman was conceived through a promise.Gen 18:10, 14; 21:1-2; Rom 9:7-8; Heb 11:11Galatians 5:1
1Live in the Freedom That Christ ProvidesChrist has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. ▼▼Lit. has set us free for freedom
So keep on standing firm in it, and stop attaching yourselves to the yoke of slavery again.John 8:32; Acts 15:10; Rom 6:18; Gal 2:4; 4:9; 1Pet 2:16 Colossians 2:8
8See to it that no one enslaves you through philosophy and empty deceit according to human tradition, according to the basic principles of the world, ▼▼Or the elemental spirits of the universe
and not according to Christ.Jer 29:8; Matt 15:2; Rom 16:17; Gal 1:14; Eph 5:6; Col 1:22; 2:18; 20; Heb 13:9 Colossians 2:20
20The New Life in ChristIf you have died with Christ to the basic principles of the world, ▼▼Or the elemental spirits of the universe
why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world?Rom 6:3, 5; Gal 2:19; Eph 2:15; Col 2:8 Hebrews 9:10
10since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.Lev 11:2; Num 19:7; Eph 2:15; Col 2:16, 20; Heb 7:16
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