Galatians 4:11
I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
In Context
10days ye observe, and months, and times, and years!
12Become as I [am] — because I also [am] as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,
Cross References
Acts 16:6and having gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,
2 Corinthians 11:2for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,
Galatians 2:2and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;
Galatians 5:2lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;
1 Thessalonians 3:5because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:9-12
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the… Read the whole commentary →