Discovery BoxGalatians 4:9 
Context4:9 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 1 basic forces? 2 Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? 3
Galatians 4:25
Context4:25 Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
Galatians 4:31
Context4:31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, 4 we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.
1 tn Or “useless.” See L&N 65.16.
2 tn See the note on the phrase “basic forces” in 4:3.
3 tn Grk “basic forces, to which you want to be enslaved…” Verse 9 is a single sentence in the Greek text, but has been divided into two in the translation because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence.
4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.
