18But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you.


In Context

15 Where is then your blessedness? For I bear you witness, that, if it could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes, and would have given them to me.

16 Am I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

17 They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them.

18 But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you.

19 My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you.

20 And I would willingly be present with you now, and change my voice: because I am ashamed for you.

Galatians 4:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing,] and not only when I am present with you.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:18It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:18But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18But it is right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you —

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:18But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18and it is good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.