Galatians 4:11
I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed labour upon you in vain.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
In Context
10You observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.
12Brethren, I urge you, be as I am; for I became as you are: you have not injured me at all.
Cross References
Acts 16:6Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous of you with a godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I might present you to Christ as a pure virgin.
Galatians 2:2I went up because of a revelation, and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.
Galatians 5:2Behold, I, Paul say to you, that if you are circumcised, Christ shall be of no value to you.
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to learn of your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labour might 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 →