Galatians 4:20
I could wish, however, to be present with you, even now, and to change my voice,—because I am perplexed regarding you.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
In Context
19My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you;—
21Tell me! ye who, under law, are wishing to be: The law, do ye not hear?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:19Howbeit, I will come quickly unto you,—if, the Lord, please,—and will get to know—not the speech of them who are puffed up, but, the power;
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanksgiving can we render back, unto God, concerning you, on occasion of all the joy wherewith we rejoice, for your sakes, before our God?—
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:20-21
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. That the apostle might the better dispose these Christians to bear with him in the reproofs which he was obliged to give them, he here expresses his great affection to them, and the very tender concern he had for their welfare: he was not like them—one thing when among them and another when absent… Read the whole commentary →