Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Now that ye have come to know God (nun de gnontev). Fine example of the ingressive second aorist active participle of ginwskw, come to know by experience through faith in Christ.
Rather to be known of God (mallon de gnwsqentev upo qeou). First aorist passive participle of the same verb. He quickly turns it round to the standpoint of God's elective grace reaching them (verse Galatians 4:6).
How (pwv). "A question full of wonder" (Bengel). See Galatians 1:6.
Turn ye back again? (epistrefete palin). Present active indicative, "Are ye turning again?" See metatiqesqe in Galatians 1:6.
The weak and beggarly rudiments (ta asqenh kai ptwxa stoixeia). The same stoixeia in verse Galatians 4:3 from which they had been delivered, "weak and beggarly," still in their utter impotence from the Pharisaic legalism and the philosophical and religious legalism and the philosophical and religious quests of the heathen as shown by Angus's The Religious Quests of the Graeco-Roman World. These were eagerly pursued by many, but they were shadows when caught. It is pitiful today to see some men and women leave Christ for will o' the wisps of false philosophy.
Over again (palin anwqen). Old word, from above (anw) as in Matthew 27:51, from the first (Luke 1:3), then "over again" as here, back to where they were before (in slavery to rites and rules).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 3:3
1 Corinthians 8:3
Galatians 4:3
Colossians 2:8
1 Thessalonians 1:9
Hebrews 5:12
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