Galatians 4:20
I would be with you now, and change the sound of my voice, because I am astonished at you.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 travail afresh until the Meshiha be formed in you,
21Tell me, you who are willing to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19But if the Lord will, quickly come I unto you; and I will know not the words of them who exalt themselves, but their power.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks giving can we render on account of you to Aloha, over all the joy with which we rejoice on your behalf,
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 →