Galatians 4:18
and [it is] good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,
Cross References
Psalms 69:9For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.
Isaiah 59:17And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal.
1 Corinthians 15:58so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
Galatians 4:20and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.
Philippians 2:12So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,
Revelation 3:19'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;
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 →