Galatians 4:20
I could wish indeed to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in perplexity about you.
Noyes Bible
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 children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you,—
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the Law, do ye not hear the Law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19But I shall come to you shortly, if it be the Lord's will, and will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power;
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice for your sakes 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 →