Paul now seems to be turning his attention to looking at things from the perspective of those who are not Jews. Before they came to Christ they worshipped all sorts of things and were enslaved to them. When they came to know God they became free and found life. So Paul is amazed that they are turning back to slavery. Note also the implicit assumption that turning to circumcision and Jewish Law is equated with worshipping idols. Circumcision was not the only aspect of their turning to Jewish Law, they were observing special days and seasons.
Paul had not spent his time with them so that they could just get a different form of slavery. This is something that all types of churches need to watch out for, for we are very good and introducing new forms of slavery. We will impose some form of regulation or rule of conduct that really has little foundation in the Bible.
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