Galatians 4:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”
Galatians 4:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Galatians 4:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Galatians 4:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.”
Galatians 4:17 — World English Bible
Galatians 4:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them. ”
Galatians 4:17 — American Standard Version
Galatians 4:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“they are zealous for you--<FI> yet<Fi> not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;”
Galatians 4:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Galatians 4:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out [from us], that ye may be zealous after them. ”
Galatians 4:17 — Darby Translation
Galatians 4:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.”
Galatians 4:17 — Geneva Bible
Galatians 4:17 in 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,
What Does Galatians 4:17 Mean?
Galatians 4:17 is a verse from the Book of Galatians, part of the New Testament. It appears in Galatians chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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