4:8 Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. 1 4:9 But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless 2 basic forces? 3 Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? 4 4:10 You are observing religious 5 days and months and seasons and years. 4:11 I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.
4:17 They court you eagerly, 6 but for no good purpose; 7 they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly. 8