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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

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

17

They zealously affect you, {but} not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. {exclude you: or, exclude us}

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

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My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

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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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