Galatians 4:18 - Compare All Versions

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It is a good thing to be passionate in doing good, but not just when I am in your presence. Can’t you continue the same concern for both my person and my message when I am away from you that you had when I was with you? Do you know how I feel right now, and will feel until Christ’s life becomes visible in your lives? Like a mother in the pain of childbirth. Oh, I keep wishing that I was with you. Then I wouldn’t be reduced to this blunt, letter-writing language out of sheer frustration.

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

But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable manner, and not only when I am present with you.

It is good for people to show interest in you, but only if their purpose is good. This is always true, not just 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.

It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.

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

Now it is always pleasant to be eagerly sought after [provided that it is] for a good purpose, and not just when I am with you [seeking you myself—but beware of the others doing it].

If someone is eager to do good things for you, that’s all right; but let them do it all the time, not just when I’m with you.

Isn’t it better to seek excellence and integrity always, and not just only when I’m with you?

It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you