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Galatians 4:8 Interlinear

“Howbeit then not when ye knew God ye did service no unto them which by nature are God”

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Galatians 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	Ἀλλὰ	G235	Howbeit	properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
2	τότε	G5119	then	the when, i.e., at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)
3	μὲν	G3303		properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with g1161 (this one, the former, etc.)
4	οὐκ	G3756	not	the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not
5	εἰδότες	G1492	when ye knew	used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
6	θεοῖς·	G2316	God	a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
7	ἐδουλεύσατε	G1398	ye did service	to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)
8	τοῖς	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
9	μὴ	G3361	no	(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
10	φύσει	G5449	unto them which by nature	growth (by germination or expansion), i.e., (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native
11	οὖσιν	G5607	are	being
12	θεοῖς·	G2316	God	a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)

Galatians 4:8 (current)Howbeit then not when ye knew God ye did service no unto them which by nature are God