Galatians 4:11
I am afraid, lest I have labored among you in vain.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
In Context
10Ye observe days and moons, and set times, and years!
12Be ye like me; because I have been like you.
Cross References
Acts 16:6And they travelled through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia; and the Holy Spirit forbid them to speak the word of God in Asia.
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you, with a godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to a husband as a chaste virgin, whom I would present to the Messiah.
Galatians 2:2And I went up by revelation: and I explained to them the gospel which I announce among the Gentiles; and I stated it to them who were esteemed prominent, between myself and them: lest I should have run, or might run in vain.
Galatians 5:2Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you.
1 Thessalonians 3:5Therefore also I could not be quiet, until I sent to learn your faith; lest the Tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:9-12
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the… Read the whole commentary →