Galatians 4:20
but I wish to come unto you now, and change my voice; because I am at a loss in reference to you.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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, for whom I again travail in pain until Christ may be formed in you,
21Tell me, you wish to be under law, do you not hear the law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you quickly, if the Lord may will; and I will know not the word of those who have been puffed up, but the power.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks are we able to render unto God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we rejoice on account of you 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 →