Galatians 4:16

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“Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?”

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BSBPD

“Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Galatians 4:16 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
  2. 1 Kings 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  3. 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  4. 1 Kings 22:27and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
  5. 2 Chronicles 24:20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
  7. Psalms 141:5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
  8. Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
  9. Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
  10. John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
  11. John 8:45But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
  12. Galatians 2:5We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
  13. Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  14. Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
  15. Galatians 5:7You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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