Galatians 4:17
“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Galatians 4:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Certain people are seeking your favor, but with no honorable object. No, indeed, they want to isolate you, so that you will have to seek their favor.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Sie eifern um euch nicht gut, sondern sie wollen euch ausschließen, auf daß ihr um sie eifert.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Tienen celos de vosotros, pero no bien: antes os quieren echar fuera para que vosotros los celéis á ellos.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Eles têm interesse por vós, mas não com boa intenção; mas querem vos isolar de mim ,para que vós mostreis interesse por eles.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eles zelosamente vos procuram, mas não para o bem. Eles querem separar-vos de mim para que os sigam.
📖 Galatians 4:17 in Context
15Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
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