Galatians 4:19
My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you;—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Isaiah 53:11Of the travail of his soul, shall he see He shall be satisfied with his knowledge, A setting right when set right himself, shall my Servant win for the Many, Since of their iniquities, he, taketh the burden.
Romans 8:29For, whom he fore-approved, he also fore-appointed to be conformed unto the image of his Son, that he might be firstborn among many brethren,—
1 Corinthians 4:14Not, to shame you, write I these things; but, as my beloved children, I admonish you.
Ephesians 4:24And were to put on the man of new mould, who, after God, hath been created in his truthful righteousness and loving kindness.
Philippians 2:5The same thing, esteem, in yourselves, which also, in Christ Jesus, [ye esteem],—
Colossians 1:27Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the 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 →