Galatians 4:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.”
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“Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“they are zealous for you--<FI> yet<Fi> not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 4:17 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
- Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- 1 Corinthians 4:8Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
- 1 Corinthians 4:18Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
- 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- Galatians 6:12Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
- Philippians 2:21For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- 2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
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