Galatians 4:19
Ye are my children, of whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah be formed in you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
In Context
Cross References
Romans 8:29And he knew them, previously; and he sealed them with the likeness of the image of his Son; that He might be the first-born of many brothers.
1 Corinthians 4:14I write these things, not to shame you; but I instruct you, as dear children.
Ephesians 4:24and should put on the new man, that is created by God in righteousness and in the holiness of truth.
Philippians 2:5And think ye so in yourselves, as Jesus the Messiah also thought;
Colossians 1:27to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which mystery is the Messiah; who in you is the hope of our glory;
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 →