But then, when you knew not God, you did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
All Commentaries on Galatians 4:8 Go To Galatians 4
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
You served them, who by nature are no gods. These words are to be understood of the converts, who had been Gentiles.
Known of God. That is, approved and loved by him. (Witham)
The language of the apostle in this verse is not perhaps strictly precise. The Galatians, whom he addresses, had been converted from paganism, and of course were never subject to the law of Moses. But the apostle, by these words, entreats them not to begin now to serve these weak and useless elements, (as he calls the Jewish rites) or by this expression he may mean (as St. Chrysostom and Theophylactus explain it) the tyranny of error and wickedness. (Calmet)
