KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
WEB World English Bible
But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
ASV American Standard Version
But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it is good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;
Surrounding context — Galatians 4
15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16 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.
18 But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καλὸνG2570 · kalosgoodδὲG1161 · dethenζηλοῦσθαιG2206 · zēloōbe eagerἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongκαλῷG2570 · kalosgoodπάντοτε,G3842 · pantotealwaysκαὶG2532 · kaiandμὴG3361 · mēnotμόνονG3441 · monosaloneἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαρεῖναίG3918 · pareimibe presentμεG3165 · memeπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withὑμᾶς,G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Philippians 2:12Wherefore, 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 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Philippians 1:27Only 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;Psalm 119:139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, 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.Galatians 4:13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.Isaiah 59:17For 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.Numbers 25:11-13Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.John 2:17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.Psalm 69:9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.Galatians 4:20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
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