Galatians 4:9

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Galatians 4:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

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

9 But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!

11 I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.

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1 Chronicles 28:9

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Psalms 9:10

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Proverbs 2:5

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

Jeremiah 31:34

No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Habakkuk 2:14

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

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John 17:3

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2 Corinthians 4:6

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Ephesians 1:17

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

2 Peter 2:20

If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

1 John 2:3

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1 John 2:4

If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Exodus 33:17

So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

Psalms 1:6

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

John 10:27

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

Romans 8:29

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1 Corinthians 13:12

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2 Timothy 2:19

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Galatians 3:3

Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?

Romans 8:3

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Colossians 2:20

If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

Colossians 2:21

“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

Colossians 2:22

These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:23

Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Hebrews 7:18

So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

Hebrews 10:38

But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.