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Selected Verse: Galatians 4:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ga 4:11 |
Strong Concordance |
I am afraid [5399] of you [5209], lest [3381] [4458] I have bestowed [2872] upon [1519] you [5209] labour [2872] in vain [1500]. |
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King James |
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| lest--Greek, "lest haply." My fear is not for my own sake, but for yours. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I am afraid of you ... - I have fears respecting you. His fears were that they had no genuine Christian principle. They had been so easily perverted and turned back to the servitude of ceremonies and rites, that he was apprehensive that there could be no real Christian principle in the case. What pastor has not often had such fears of his people, when he sees them turn to the weak and beggarly elements of the world, or when, after having "run well," he sees them become the slaves of fashion, or of some habit inconsistent with the simplicity of the gospel? |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
I am afraid of you (φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς)
Not a felicitous translation, though retained by Rev. Rather, "I am afraid for you or concerning you." The second ὑμᾶς is not attracted into the principal clause so as to read, "I am afraid lest I have bestowed labor," etc. The two clauses are distinct. I am afraid about you: then the reason for the fear is added, lest I have bestowed, etc.
Upon you (εἰς ὑμᾶς)
Lit. into you. The labor, though in vain, had born directly upon its object. See the same phrase Rom 16:6.
In vain (εἰκῇ)
Comp. Gal 3:4; Co1 15:2, and εἰς to no purpose, Phi 2:16; Co2 6:1; Gal 2:2; Th1 3:5. After all my labor, you may return to Judaism. Luther says: "These words of Paul breathe tears." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The apostle here, dropping the argument, applies to the affections, Gal 4:11-20, and humbles himself to the Galatians, with an inexpressible tenderness. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I am afraid of you - I begin now to be seriously alarmed for you, and think you are so thoroughly perverted from the Gospel of Christ, that all my pains and labor in your conversion have been thrown away. |
5 For this [5124] cause [1223], when I [2504] could [4722] no longer [3371] forbear [4722], I sent [3992] to [1519] know [1097] your [5216] faith [4102], lest by some means [3381] [4458] the tempter [3985] have tempted [3985] you [5209], and [2532] our [2257] labour [2873] be [1096] in [1519] vain [2756].
2 And [1161] I went up [305] by [2596] revelation [602], and [2532] communicated [394] unto them [846] that gospel [2098] which [3739] I preach [2784] among [1722] the Gentiles [1484], but [1161] privately [2596] [2398] to them which were of reputation [1380], lest by any means [3381] [4458] I should run [5143], or [2228] had run [5143], in [1519] vain [2756].
1 We [3870] then [1161], as workers together [4903] with him, beseech [3870] you also [2532] that ye [5209] receive [1209] not [3361] the grace [5485] of God [2316] in [1519] vain [2756].
16 Holding forth [1907] the word [3056] of life [2222]; that [1519] I [1698] may rejoice [2745] in [1519] the day [2250] of Christ [5547], that [3754] I have [5143] not [3756] run [5143] in [1519] vain [2756], neither [3761] laboured [2872] in [1519] vain [2756].
2 By [1223] which [3739] also [2532] ye are saved [4982], if [1487] ye keep [2722] in memory what [5101] [3056] I preached [2097] unto you [5213], unless [1622] [1508] ye have believed [4100] in vain [1500].
4 Have ye suffered [3958] so many things [5118] in vain [1500]? if it be yet [1489] [2532] in vain [1500].
6 Greet [782] Mary [3137], who [3748] bestowed [2872] much [4183] labour [2872] on [1519] us [2248].
11 I am afraid [5399] of you [5209], lest [3381] [4458] I have bestowed [2872] upon [1519] you [5209] labour [2872] in vain [1500].
12 Brethren [80], I beseech [1189] you [5216], be [1096] as [5613] I [1473] am; for [3754] I [2504] am as [5613] ye [5210] are: ye have not injured [91] me [3165] at all [3762].
13 [1161] Ye know [1492] how [3754] through [1223] infirmity [769] of the flesh [4561] I preached the gospel [2097] unto you [5213] at the first [4386].
14 And [2532] my [3450] temptation [3986] which was in [1722] my [3450] flesh [4561] ye despised [1848] not [3756], nor [3761] rejected [1609]; but [235] received [1209] me [3165] as [5613] an angel [32] of God [2316], even as [5613] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424].
15 Where [5101] is [2258] then [3767] the blessedness [3108] ye [5216] spake of? for [1063] I bear [3140] you [5213] record [3140], that [3754], if [1487] it had been possible [1415], ye would have plucked out [1846] your [5216] own eyes [3788], and have given them [302] [1325] to me [3427].
16 Am I [1096] therefore [5620] become [1096] your [5216] enemy [2190], because I tell [226] you [5213] the truth [226]?
17 They zealously affect [2206] you [5209], but not [3756] well [2573]; yea [235], they would [2309] exclude [1576] you [5209], that [2443] ye might affect [2206] them [846].
18 But [1161] it is good [2570] to be zealously affected [2206] always [3842] in [1722] a good [2570] thing, and [2532] not [3361] only [3440] when [1722] I [3165] am present [3918] with [4314] you [5209].
19 My [3450] little children [5040], of whom [3739] I travail in birth [5605] again [3825] until [891] [3739] Christ [5547] be formed [3445] in [1722] you [5213],
20 [1161] I desire [2309] to be present [3918] with [4314] you [5209] now [737], and [2532] to change [236] my [3450] voice [5456]; for [3754] I stand in doubt [639] of [1722] you [5213].