Galatians 4:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ They court you eagerly, but not for good. They want to exclude you from me, so that you would pursue them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ These men [the Judaizing teachers] are zealously trying to dazzle you [paying court to you, making much of you], but their purpose is not honorable or worthy or for any good. What they want to do is to isolate you [from us who oppose them], so that they may win you over to their side and get you to court their favor.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They are so concerned about you, though not with good intentions. Rather, they want to shut you out so that you would run after them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ They are not imitating you well. And they are willing to exclude you, so that you might imitate them.

Galatians 4:17 Cross References

Matthew 23:15

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one convert,   and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as you are!

Romans 10:2

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God,  but not according to knowledge.

Romans 16:18

because such people do not serve our Lord Christ  but their own appetites.  , They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.

1 Corinthians 11:2

Now I praise you  because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions  just as I delivered  them to you.

1 Corinthians 4:18

Now some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

1 Corinthians 4:8

You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us #– #and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear that, as the serpent  deceived  Eve  by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure  devotion to Christ.

Galatians 4:16

So then, have I become your enemy because I told you the truth?

Galatians 4:18

But it is always good to be pursued  in a good manner #– #and not just when I am with you.

Philippians 2:21

all seek their own interests,  not those of Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words,  they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped  from those who live in error.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.