Galatians 4:18

And it is a good thing to be zealous at all times in good things; and not merely when I am present with you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

In Context

17They are zealous towards you, yet not for good; but they wish to shut you up, that ye may be zealous towards them.

19Ye are my children, of whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah be formed in you.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my brethren and my beloved, be ye steadfast, and be not vacillating; but be ye at all times abundant in the work of the Lord; seeing ye know, that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Galatians 4:20And I could wish to be now with you, and to change the tone of my voice; because I am astonished at you.

Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, as ye have at all times obeyed, not only when I was near to you, but now when I am far from you, prosecute the work of your life, more abundantly, with fear and with trembling.

Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be emulous therefore, and repent.

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 →

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