Galatians 4:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ It is good to be made much of for a good purpose at all times and not only when I am present with you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ It is always a fine thing [of course] to be zealously sought after [as you are, provided that it is] for a good purpose and done by reason of purity of heart and life, and not just when I am present with you!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ However, it’s always good to have people concerned about you with good intentions, and not just when I’m there with you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But be imitators of what is good, always in a good way, and not only when I am present with you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you.

Galatians 4:18 Cross References

Psalm 119:139

My zeal consumes me because my foes forget your words.

Psalm 69:9

It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

Isaiah 59:17

He put on righteousness like a breastplate and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing and wrapped himself in fury as in a mantle.

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

1 Corinthians 15:58

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.

Galatians 4:13

You know that it was because of a physical infirmity that I first announced the gospel to you;

Galatians 4:17

They make much of you but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you may make much of them.

Galatians 4:20

I wish I were present with you now and could change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

Philippians 1:27

Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel

Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence but much more now in my absence, work on your own salvation with fear and trembling,

Titus 2:14

He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

Revelation 3:19

I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.