Key Verse Spotlight
Galatians 4:18 — Meaning and Application
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.”
Galatians 4:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
They zealously affect you, {but} not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. {exclude you: or, exclude us}
But {it is} good to be zealously affected always in {a} good {thing}, and not only when I am present with you.
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. {I stand...: or, I am perplexed for you}
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