To them which by nature are not gods (τοις φυσε μη ουσ θεοις). In 1 Corinthians 10:20 he terms them "demons," the "so-…

Howbeit. But, alla. The address in this verse and the following is evidently to the portion of the Galatians who had been heathen…

Them which by nature are no gods.—The gods of the heathen are called by St. Paul “devils.” (See [Reference 1 Corinthians …

For the third time (cf. 3:23ff.; 4:lff.) Paul speaks of the former enslaved state of the Galatians. His reason this time is to establish the folly …

But when you did not yet know God. This is not intended as an additional argument; and indeed he had already proved his point so fully tha…

Howbeit then, when you know not God
Whilst in Gentilism, and in a state of unregeneracy, they had no true knowledge …

The happy change by which the Galatians were turned from idols to the living God, and through Christ had received the adoption of sons, was the eff…

Having revealed the preeminence of the gift of grace and explained it with a human example, the Apostle here rebukes the Galatians, who scorned thi…