Galatians 4:18

But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.

But {G1161} it is good {G2570} to be zealously affected {G2206} always {G3842} in {G1722} a good {G2570} thing, and {G2532} not {G3361} only {G3440} when {G1722} I {G3165} am present {G3918} with {G4314} you {G5209}.

To be zealous is good, provided always that the cause is good. Indeed, whether I am present with you or not,

Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

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Cross-References

  • Philippians 2:12 (5 votes)

    ¶ Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

  • Revelation 3:19 (4 votes)

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Psalms 119:139 (3 votes)

    ¶ My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:58 (3 votes)

    ¶ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  • Titus 2:14 (3 votes)

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • Philippians 1:27 (3 votes)

    ¶ Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  • Galatians 4:13 (3 votes)

    Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.