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 4:15
Context4:15 Where then is your sense of happiness 4 now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!
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 Or “blessedness.”
