Galatians 4:17

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They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.

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  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
  • Matt 23:15 : 15 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.
  • Gal 6:12-13 : 12 Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!
  • 1 Cor 4:18 : 18 Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
  • 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 Women’s Head Coverings I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 4:18
    84%

    18However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

  • Gal 4:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!

    16So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

  • Rom 10:2
    73%

    2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    72%

    4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

  • Phil 1:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.

    16The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

    17The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

  • 1 Thess 2:14-17
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    72%

    14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

    15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

    16because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

    17Forced Absence from Thessalonica But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time(in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

  • Gal 6:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

    13For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

  • Rom 16:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

    18For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

  • Phil 2:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

    21Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

  • Gal 5:12
    70%

    12I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves!

  • Gal 2:4
    70%

    4Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

  • 1 Thess 2:8
    70%

    8with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

  • 2 Cor 11:11-12
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    11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

    12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • Gal 4:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

    12I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

  • Phil 4:17
    69%

    17I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

  • 2 Cor 7:11
    69%

    11For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

  • Gal 5:7
    69%

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

  • Phil 4:10
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    10Appreciation for Support I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me.(Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

  • Col 2:4
    69%

    4I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.

  • Phil 1:10
    69%

    10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

  • Phil 1:8
    69%

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

  • 2 Cor 12:20
    68%

    20For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

  • Acts 14:2
    68%

    2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

  • Gal 1:7
    68%

    7not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
    68%

    2For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  • 2 Cor 2:4
    68%

    4For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    68%

    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

  • 2 Cor 8:4
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    4begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

  • 2 Cor 12:15-17
    3 verses
    68%

    15Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

    16But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

    17I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?

  • Gal 5:26
    68%

    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

  • Phlm 1:13-14
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    68%

    13I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

    14However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

  • Jas 2:4
    68%

    4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

  • Rom 11:28
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    28In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.