Galatians 4:18 · KJV
“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
They zealously affect you, {but} not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. {exclude you: or, exclude us}
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Galatians 4 — Context
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17They zealously affect you, {but} not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. {exclude you: or, exclude us}
18But {it is} good to be zealously affected always in {a} good {thing}, and not only when I am present with you.
19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20I 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}
Cross References
Philippians 2:12
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Psalms 119:139
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. {consumed...: Heb. cut me off}
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Galatians 4:13
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
Isaiah 59:17
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance {for} clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.