Galatians 4:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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 hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

Psalm 69:9

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

Isaiah 59:17

And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house shall eat me up.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

Galatians 4:13

but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:

Galatians 4:17

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

Galatians 4:20

yea, I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed about you.

Philippians 1:27

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

Philippians 2:12

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.