Galatians 4:18
But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
17They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.
19My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you,
Cross References
Psalms 69:9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
Isaiah 59:17And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
Galatians 4:20yea, I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed about you.
Philippians 2:12So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous 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 →