Galatians 4:20
And I would willingly be present with you, even now. But I would alter my voice: for I am ashamed of you.
Catholic Public Domain 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 sons, I am giving birth to you again, until Christ is formed in you.
21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks would we be able to repay to God because of you, for all the joy with which we rejoice over 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 →