Galatians 4:18 - Tree of Life Version To be courted is good, but let it always be in a good way—and not just when I am there 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. |
I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.
He put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation on His head. He clothed Himself in robes of vengeance and wrapped Himself in zeal as a cloak.
His disciples remembered that it is written, “Zeal for your House will consume Me!”
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.
you know it was because of a physical ailment that I proclaimed the Good News to you the first time;
Others zealously court you—not in a good way, but they wish to shut you out so that you will court them.
I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, for I don’t know what to make of you.
Only live your lives in a manner worthy of the Good News of the Messiah. Then, whether I come and see you or I am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit—striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the Good News
Therefore, my loved ones, just as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence—work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
He gave Himself for us so that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and so that He might purify for Himself a chosen people, zealous for good deeds.
Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.