Galatians 4:20
But I was wishing to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed at you.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
In Context
19My little children, of whom I suffer birth pains again until Christ is formed in you.
21Tell me those desiring to be under law, do ye not hear the law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord should will, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we repay God about you, for all the joy in which we rejoiced because of you before our God,
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:20-21
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. That the apostle might the better dispose these Christians to bear with him in the reproofs which he was obliged to give them, he here expresses his great affection to them, and the very tender concern he had for their welfare: he was not like them—one thing when among them and another when absent… Read the whole commentary →