Galatians 4:18 KJV — MannaFest

Galatians 4:18

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

KJV

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ASV

But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

WEB

Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

YLT

and it is good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;

DBT

But [it is] right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you —

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Galatians — Paul's gospel defended against a different gospel. Biography, then argument, then ethics — the Magna Carta of Christian liberty.

Author: Paul (1:1), no co-sender
Date: c. AD 48–49 (south-Galatia view) or c. AD 53–55 (north-Galatia view)

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Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
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.

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That Christ is not fully formed in men till they are brought off from trusting in their own righteousness, and made to rely only upon him and his righteousness. As further evidence of the affection and concern which the apostle had for these Christians, he adds (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

My reason for saying the "not well" (Ga 4:17; the Greek is the same as that for "good," and "in a good cause," in Ga 4:28), is that their zealous courting of you is not in a good cause.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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