Galatians 4:20
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
World English 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 little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—
21Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanksgiving can we give again to God for you, for all the joy with which 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 →