Galatians 4:8

Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. ¹ 

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so–called gods that do not even exist.

Earlier, before you knew God personally, you were enslaved to so-called gods that had nothing of the divine about them.

But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.

But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. ¹ 

¹ tn Grk “those that by nature…” with the word “beings” implied. BDAG 1070 s.v. φύσις 2 sees this as referring to pagan worship: “Polytheists worship…beings that are by nature no gods at all Gal 4:8.”