Galatians 4:20
And I would willingly be present with you now, and change my voice: because I am ashamed for you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you.
21Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will: and will know, not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for 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 →