Galatians 4:18
But it is a good thing to loue earnestly alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
17They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.
19My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.
Cross References
Psalms 69:9For the zeale of thine house hath eaten mee, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me.
Isaiah 59:17For he put on righteousnes, as an habergeon, and an helmet of saluation vpon his head, and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeale as a cloke.
1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, aboundant alwayes in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord.
Galatians 4:20And I would I were with you nowe, that I might change my voyce: for I am in doubt of you.
Philippians 2:12Wherefore my beloued, as ye haue alwayes obeyed me, not as in my presence only, but now much more in mine absence, so make an end of your owne saluation with feare and trembling.
Revelation 3:19As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend.
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 →