Galatians 4:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Νῦν δὲ, γνόντες Θεόν, μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ Θεοῦ, πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα, οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεύειν θέλετε;

Transliteration

Now de, having gnontes Theon, rather de having been gnōsthentes hypo Theou, how epistrephete palin epi the asthenē and ptōcha stoicheia, to which palin anōthen douleuein thelete?

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *gnontes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having known/come to know
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
• *gnōsthentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been known
• *hypo*: preposition with genitive - by/under
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God
• *epistrephete*: present indicative active, 2nd person plural - you return/turn back
• *palin*: adverb - again/once more
• *epi*: preposition with accusative - to/toward
• *asthenē*: accusative, neuter, plural - weak/feeble
• *ptōcha*: accusative, neuter, plural - poor/destitute
• *stoicheia*: accusative, neuter, plural - elements/principles
• *anōthen*: adverb - again/from the beginning
• *douleuein*: present infinitive active - to serve/be enslaved
• *thelete*: present indicative active, 2nd person plural - you wish/desire

Word Meanings

• *gnontes*: having known/come to know/recognized
• *gnōsthentes*: having been known/recognized/acknowledged
• *epistrephete*: you return/turn back/convert
• *asthenē*: weak/feeble/impotent
• *ptōcha*: poor/destitute/beggarly
• *stoicheia*: elements/rudiments/principles/basic components
• *anōthen*: again/from the beginning/from above
• *douleuein*: to serve as slaves/be enslaved to/be in bondage to
• *thelete*: you wish/desire/want

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
• Gal 3:3 : 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
• Heb 7:18 : 18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
• Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• 2 Pet 2:20 : 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
• 1 John 2:3-4 : 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• Eph 1:17 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Col 2:20-23 : 20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, 21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; 22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
• 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
• 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Exod 33:17 : 17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
• 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Ps 1:6 : 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
• Ps 9:10 : 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
• Prov 2:5 : 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
• Hab 2:14 : 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• John 10:14 : 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.