Galatians 4:20
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in doubt concerning you.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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, for whom I again suffer the pains of gestation, till Christ be formed in you,
21Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not understand the law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19but I will come to you quickly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the speech of those who have become arrogant, but the power.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we render to God for you, for the great joy with which we rejoice on your account 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 →