Galatians 4:20

Would that I were with you and could change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

19you for whom I am again, as it were, undergoing the pains of childbirth, until Christ is fully formed within you.

21Tell me--you who want to continue to be subject to Law--will you not listen to the Law?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:19But, if the Lord is willing, I shall come to you without delay; and then I shall know not the fine speeches of these conceited people, but their power.

1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanksgiving on your behalf can we possibly offer to God in return for all the joy which fills our souls before our God for you,

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 →

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