Galatians 4:18 - Revised Standard Version For a good purpose it is always good to be made much of, and not only when I am present with you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you. |
For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury as a mantle.
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for thy house will consume me.”
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
you know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first;
They make much of you, but for no good purpose; they want to shut you out, that you may make much of them.
I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.