Galatians 4:18

But it is good to be zealously affected always in that which is good, and not only when I am present with you.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

In Context

17They are zealous for you, but not as they ought: for they would exclude us, that ye may be zealous for them:

19My little children, of whom I do as it were travail in birth again,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Galatians 4:20till Christ be formed in you, I should be glad to be present with you even now, and to change my voice; for I am in doubt about you.

Philippians 2:12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed the gospel, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence; be still working out your own salvation though with fear and trembling:

Revelation 3:19Whomsoever 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 →

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