Galatians 4:11
I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
In Context
10You keep days, and months, and fixed times, and years.
Cross References
Acts 16:6And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;
2 Corinthians 11:2For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
Galatians 2:2And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
Galatians 5:2See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:9-12
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the… Read the whole commentary →