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Galatians 4:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you. "

Galatians 4:11

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9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

10 You observe days, months, seasons, and years.

11 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

13 but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.

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Galatians 4:1

"But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,"

Galatians 4:2

"but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father."

Galatians 4:3

"So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world."

Galatians 4:4

"But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,"

Galatians 4:5

"that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children."

Galatians 4:6

"And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”"

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