Galatians 4:20
How I wish I could be with you now, that I might change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
Montgomery New Testament
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
19O my little children, of whom I travail again in birth until Christ be formed within you!
21Tell me, you who wish to be subject to the Law, why do you not listen to the Law?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord, and then I shall learn not the talk of these boasters, but their power.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanksgiving can I render again to God in your behalf, in return for all the joy which you cause me in the presence of my 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 →