Galatians 4:19
My little children, for whom I again suffer the pains of gestation, till Christ be formed in you,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
In Context
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in doubt concerning you.
Cross References
Romans 8:29For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:
1 Corinthians 4:14I do not write these things that I may make you ashamed; but as my beloved children I admonish you.
Ephesians 4:24and put on the new man, which, according to the will of God, is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Philippians 2:5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,
Colossians 1:27to whom God would make known what is the glorious riches 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 →