Galatians 4:19
My little children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
In Context
20how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
Romans 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
1 Corinthians 4:14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
Ephesians 4:24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Philippians 2:5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
Colossians 1:27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, 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 →