But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the Lord and my reward with my God.”
Galatians 4:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I am afraid that my work for you may have been wasted. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I am alarmed [about you], lest I have labored among and over you to no purpose and in vain. American Standard Version (1901) I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain. Common English Bible I’m afraid for you! Perhaps my hard work for you has been for nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among you. |
But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the Lord and my reward with my God.”
They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain.
Brothers and sisters, I beg you: become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong.
I wish I were present with you now and could change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
holding forth the word of life so that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith; I was afraid that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor had been in vain.
Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for but may receive a full reward.