Reading for May 30th

Read Galatians 4.8-20
In verse 8 this is typical language for living as a gentiles (1 Thess 4.5).
In verse 9 the difference between knowing God and being known by God is an important distinction for Paul.
One borders on arrogance, the other sees knowledge as God's domain (1 Cor 13.12).
Weak and beggarly elemental spirits: Jews criticized pagans for blindly submitting to forces with no real power.
In verse 10 given the Galatians attraction tot he law, these are doubtless Jewish observances (5.4; Col 2.16).
In verse 11 this reference to his founding visit triggers the following discussion.
In verses 12-20 Paul recalls his founding visit.
In verse 12 Paul's meaning is not clear.
perhaps, Come back over to me, just as I came to you.
In verses 13-15 his much discussed physical infirmity is not known.
His reference to eyes may be a figure of speech expressing their generosity rather than an allusion to some health problem (v. 15; 2 Cor 12.7-8).
In verse 16 this recalls his blunt speech (1.6-9; 3.1-5).
In verse 17 the false teachers of 1.7 are in mind.
Exclude you: they are charged with trying to cut the Galatians off from Paul, or possibly Christ.
In verses 19-20 Paul is now the anxious mother fretting over her children (1 Thess 2.7).
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