Galatians 4:18

But it is well to be emulous in good things at all time, and not only when I am with you.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

In Context

17They are emulous of you not for good; but they would shut you in, that you might be emulous of them.

19My children, with whom I travail afresh until the Meshiha be formed in you,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my brethren, my beloved, be steadfast, be not moved, but be abounding in all time in the work of the Lord, while you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Galatians 4:20I would be with you now, and change the sound of my voice, because I am astonished at you.

Philippians 2:12WHEREFORE, my beloved, as you have all time obeyed, not while I am near you only, but now that I am far from you, the more with fear and trembling work the work of your salvation;

Revelation 3:19All those whom I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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 →

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