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Galatians 4:16-18
New International Version
Galatians 4:16-18
New International Version
16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?(A)
17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.(B) 18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.(C)
Galatians 4:16-18
New King James Version
Galatians 4:16-18
New King James Version
16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
17 They (A)zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them. 18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.
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Galatians 4:16-18
English Standard Version
Galatians 4:16-18
English Standard Version
16 Have I then become your enemy by (A)telling you the truth?[a] 17 They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. 18 It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and (B)not only when I am present with you,
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- Galatians 4:16 Or by dealing truthfully with you
Galatians 4:16-18
New American Standard Bible
Galatians 4:16-18
New American Standard Bible
16 So have I become your enemy (A)by [a]telling you the truth? 17 They eagerly seek you, not [b]in a commendable way, but they want to shut you out so that you will seek them. 18 But it is good always to be eagerly sought [c]in a commendable way, and (B)not only when I am present with you.
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- Galatians 4:16 Or dealing truthfully with you
- Galatians 4:17 Or with good intentions
- Galatians 4:18 Or with good intentions
Galatians 4:16-18
King James Version
Galatians 4:16-18
King James Version
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.
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