Paul is referring to the time before the conversion of the Galatians, a time when they did not worship God but worshipped created things (Romans 1:21–25).1 Though there would have been Jewish converts in the church, he is thinking primarily of those who came from a Gentile background.
8 Autrefois, ne connaissant pas Dieu, vous serviez des dieux qui ne le sont pas de leur nature;