Galatians 4:16
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
In Context
17They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”
2 Chronicles 24:20The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “God says, ‘Why do you disobey the LORD’s commandments, so that you can’t prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.’”
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
Amos 5:10They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
John 8:45But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:13-17
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. 13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. 14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to… Read the whole commentary →