Galatians 4:19
My little children, of whom I suffer birth pains again until Christ is formed in you.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
In Context
18But to be zealous of is always good in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
20But I was wishing to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed at you.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:11He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied. By the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Romans 8:29Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be of similar nature of the form of his Son, in order for him to be the firstborn son among many brothers.
1 Corinthians 4:14I do not write these things shaming you, but I warn you as my beloved children.
Ephesians 4:24and to put on the new man according to God, the man who was created in righteousness and piety of the truth.
Philippians 2:5Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,
Colossians 1:27To whom God wanted to make known what is the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:18-19
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. 18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. The apostle is still carrying on the same design as in the foregoing verses , which was, to convince the Galatians of their sin and folly in departing from the truth of the gospel: having just before been expostulating with them about the change of their behaviour… Read the whole commentary →