Galatians 4:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

They zealously court you, but not for good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may have zeal for them.

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  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
  • Matt 23:15 : 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
  • Gal 6:12-13 : 12 As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ. 13 For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 Now you are full, now you are rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed, I wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
  • 1 Cor 4:18 : 18 Now some are puffed up as though I were not coming to you.
  • 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

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  • Gal 4:18
    84%

    18But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.

  • Gal 4:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15Where then is that blessing you spoke of? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.

    16Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

  • Rom 10:2
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    2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    72%

    4Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • Phil 1:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill:

    16The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains:

    17But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

  • 1 Thess 2:14-17
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    14For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Jews:

    15Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men:

    16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

    17But we, brothers, having been taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire.

  • Gal 6:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ.

    13For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.

  • Rom 16:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them.

    18For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.

  • Phil 2:20-21
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    71%

    20For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.

    21For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.

  • Gal 5:12
    70%

    12I wish those who trouble you would even cut themselves off.

  • Gal 2:4
    70%

    4And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

  • 1 Thess 2:8
    70%

    8So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to impart to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you were dear to us.

  • 2 Cor 11:11-12
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    70%

    11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.

    12But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.

  • Gal 4:11-12
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    69%

    11I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

    12Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you: you have not injured me at all.

  • Phil 4:17
    69%

    17Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

  • 2 Cor 7:11
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    11For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what vindication! In all things you have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

  • Gal 5:7
    69%

    7You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

  • Phil 4:10
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    10But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last your care for me has flourished again; in which you were also caring, but you lacked opportunity.

  • Col 2:4
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    4And this I say, lest anyone should beguile you with enticing words.

  • Gal 2:10
    69%

    10They only desired that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

  • Phil 1:10
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    10So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;

  • Phil 1:8
    69%

    8For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 12:20
    68%

    20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you wish not; lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

  • Acts 14:2
    68%

    2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

  • Gal 1:7
    68%

    7Which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
    68%

    2For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  • 2 Cor 2:4
    68%

    4For out of much trouble and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love I have more abundantly toward you.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
    68%

    6And these things, brothers, I have applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, so that none of you be puffed up for one against another.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

  • 2 Cor 8:4
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    4Earnestly pleading with us for the privilege of participating in the service to the saints.

  • 2 Cor 12:15-17
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    15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

    16But be it so, I did not burden you; nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

    17Did I make a gain of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

  • Gal 5:26
    68%

    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

  • Phlm 1:13-14
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    13Whom I wished to keep with me, so that he might minister to me in your place in my chains for the gospel:

    14But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your benefit should not be by compulsion, but willingly.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
    68%

    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brethren, that they would go ahead to you and prepare in advance your generous gift, which had been promised before, that it might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not as of covetousness.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Rom 11:28
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    28Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.