But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and futility. Yet surely the justice due to me is with Adonai, and my reward with my God.”
Galatians 4:11 - Tree of Life Version I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 futility. Yet surely the justice due to me is with Adonai, and my reward with my God.”
They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Ruach ha-Kodesh to speak the word in Asia.
Therefore, my dearly loved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord—because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Because of a revelation, I went up and presented to them the Good News that I proclaim among the Gentiles. But I did so privately to those who seemed to be influential, to make sure I would not run—or had not run—in vain.
I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong—
I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, for I don’t know what to make of you.
holding fast to the word of life, so that I may boast in the day of Messiah that I did not run or labor in vain.
For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faithfulness, for fear that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be in vain.
Watch yourselves, so you do not lose what we have worked for but receive a full reward.