Galatians 4:16

God's Word

Can it be that I have become your enemy for telling you the truth?

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab asked Elijah, “So you’ve found me, my enemy?” Elijah answered, “I found you. Because you sold yourself to do what the Lord considers evil.

1 Kings 22:27

Say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I come home safely.’ ”

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat, “We can ask the Lord through Micaiah, son of Imlah, but I hate him. He doesn’t prophesy anything good about me, only evil.” Jehoshaphat answered, “The king must not say that.”

2 Chronicles 25:16

As he was talking, the king asked him, “Did we make you an adviser to the king? Stop! Do you want me to have you killed?” The prophet stopped. He said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you did this, but you refuse to listen to my advice.”

Psalm 141:5

A righteous person may strike me or correct me out of kindness. It is like lotion for my head. My head will not refuse it, because my prayer is directed against evil deeds.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not warn a mocker, or he will hate you. Warn a wise person, and he will love you.

Amos 5:10

Israel, you hate anyone who speaks out against injustice. You are disgusted by anyone who speaks the truth.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil.

John 8:45

So you don’t believe me because I tell the truth.

Galatians 2:14

But I saw that they were not properly following the truth of the Good News. So I told Cephas in front of everyone, “You’re Jewish, but you live like a person who is not Jewish. So how can you insist that people who are not Jewish must live like Jews?”

Galatians 2:5

But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the Good News would always be yours.

Galatians 4:15

What happened to your positive attitude? It’s a fact that if it had been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

Galatians 4:17

These people ⌞who distort the Good News⌟ are devoted to you, but not in a good way. They don’t want you to associate with me so that you will be devoted only to them.

Galatians 5:7

You were doing so well. Who stopped you from being influenced by the truth?