Galatians 4:9-15 but now that you know God — or rather, are known by God — how is it you are turning back again to the weakness and poverty of the Elemental spirits? Why do you want to be enslaved all over again by them?

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ but now that you know God — or rather, are known by God — how is it you are turning back again to the weakness and poverty of the Elemental spirits? Why do you want to be enslaved all over again by them? ¹⁰ You observe days and months and festal seasons and years! ¹¹ Why, you make me afraid I may have spent my labour on you for nothing! ¹² Do take my line, brothers, I beg of you — just as I once took yours. I have no complaint against you; ¹³ no, although it was because of an illness (you know) that I preached the gospel to you on my former visit, ¹⁴ and though my flesh was a trial to you, you did not scoff at me nor spurn me, you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus. You congratulated yourselves. ¹⁵ Now, what has become of all that? (I can bear witness that you would have torn out your very eyes, if you could, and given me them.)