Galatians 4:18

It is honorable to be ardently attached always, in what is honorable, and not only when I am present with you.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

In Context

17They are ardently attached to you, but not honorably; indeed, they desire to exclude us, that you may be ardently attached to them.

19My little children, for whom I again suffer the pains of gestation, till Christ be formed in you,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Galatians 4:20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in doubt concerning you.

Philippians 2:12So, then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous, therefore, and repent.

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 →

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