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Galatians 4:17

Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.

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ASV

They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

KJV

They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ζηλοῦσινzēlousinThey are zealous afterG2206 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
οὐounotG3756 →
καλῶς,kalōsrightly,G2573 →
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235 →
ἐκκλεῖσαιekkleisaito excludeG1576 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyou [from us]G4771 →
θέλουσιν,thelousinThey desireG2309 →
ἵναinaso thatG2443 →
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846 →
ζηλοῦτε.zēlouteyou may be zealous after.G2206 →

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2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.2 Corinthians 11:13–15For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.1 Corinthians 4:8Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.Galatians 5:10I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.Galatians 6:12–13Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.Philippians 2:21For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.1 Corinthians 4:18Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.1 Corinthians 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.Galatians 1:7which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.2 Samuel 21:2At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

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