Gal.4.8

Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

Gal.4.8

Earlier, before you knew God personally, you were enslaved to so-called gods that had nothing of the divine about them.

Gal.4.8

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

Gal.4.8

But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.