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


In Context

15 What then was the blessedness ye spoke of; for I bear you testimony, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

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

17 They zealously affect you, but not well; for, they would exclude you, that ye may affect them.

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

19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,

20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:18But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present 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 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.