Galatians 4:20
What meaning of the galatians 4:20 in the Bible?
What does Galatians 4:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you."
What does Galatians 4:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you."
Verse 20. _I DESIRE TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU_] I wish to accommodate my doctrine to your state; I know not whether you need stronger reprehension, or to be dealt with more leniently. _I STAND IN DOUBT...
I DESIRE TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU NOW - They had lost much by his absence; they had changed their views; they had in some measure become alienated from him; and he wishes that he might be again with the...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Under the law in the state of minority. (Galatians 4:1)_ 2. The Son revealed to redeem. (Galatians 4:4) 3. Because ye are Sons; the Spirit of Sonship. (Galatians 4:6) 4. The backsli...
An affectionate paragraph, reminding the Galatians how he had conformed in every legitimate way (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:19 ff.) to their customs, and begging them not to desert his faith. In the past,...
THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
CHANGE, Greek. _allassv_. See Acts 6:14. VOICE. tone, FOR. because. STAND IN DOUBT. Greek. _aporeomai_. See Acts 25:20. OF. Greek. _en_. App-104....
Personal Appeal The Apostle now makes a personal appeal, marked by deep affection and earnestness. "Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, free yourselves from the trammels of the ceremonial law an...
12–20. _A further appeal, based on his own behaviour among them, and their treatment of him_ (Galatians 4:12) Become, as I became, free from the Law, like you Gentiles, as you saw me when I was among...
ΉΘΕΛΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) желать, хотеть, стремиться, с _inf. Impf._ выражает неисполненное желание: "я мог бы пожелать" (RG, 886). ΠΑΡΕΪ́ΝΑΙ _praes. inf. act. от_ ΠΆΡΕΙΜΙ (G3918) при...
DISCOURSE: 2074 A MINISTER’S CHIEF WISH FOR HIS PEOPLE Galatians 4:19. _My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and t...
AND TO CHANGE MY VOICE;— This seems to signify the speaking higher, or lower, changing the tone of the voice suitably to the matter delivered, whether it be advice, commendation, or reproof; for each...
TEXT 4:16-20 (16) So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth? (17) They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them. (18) But it is good t...
_VERSE 20. I DESIRE TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU NOW, AND TO CHANGE MY VOICE._ VERSE 20. For I stand in doubt of you....
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. [ eethelon (G2309) de (G1161), without an (G302)] 'I could indeed wish.' If circumstances permitted, I would...
1 The place of an infant heir differs from that of a slave in right but not in fact. Though entitled to all, he is treated as though master of nothing. He is watched by guardians, and supervised by st...
THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. FREEDOM IN CHRIST 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. PARAPHRASE. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more en...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 YOU ARE GOD’S SONS, YOU ARE NOT SLAVES V1 I will continue what I was saying to you. A young son will receive the property that his fath...
(17-20) All this eagerness to court your favour springs from an interested motive: they wish to make a sect of you, in which they shall be masters and courted in their turn. Not but that it is a good...
CHAPTER 18 PAUL'S ENTREATY. Galatians 4:12 THE reproof of the last paragraph ended in a sigh. To see Christ's freemen relapsing into bondage, and exchanging their Divine birthright for childish toy...
DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE APOSTLE AT THE CHANGED FEELING OF HIS CONVERTS; REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST; PATHETIC APPEAL TO OLD AFFECTION; PROTEST AGAINST PRESENT ESTRANGEMENT....
TRUTHFUL AND DEVOTED DEALING Galatians 4:12 How great a loss is it when we allow ourselves to be diverted from the simplicity of faith to trust in ceremonies, rites, and a prescribed routine! Inevit...
He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured ju...
I desire to be present with you now, and to (t) change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (t) Use other words among you....
He tells them this change come from the false teachers among them, who with a false _zeal would exclude them from a friendship and a submission to St. Paul, and deprive them again of that Christian li...
(20) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (21) В¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, that...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
20._I would wish to be present with you now. _This is a most serious expostulation, the complaint of a father so perplexed by the misconduct of his sons, that he looks around him for advice, and knows...
The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly) before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the...
I DESIRE TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU NOW,.... His meaning is, either that be wished he was personally present among them; that he had but an opportunity of seeing them face to face, and telling them all hi...
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. Ver. 20. _And to change my vaice_] To speak to your necessity; for now being absent I shoot at rovers, and am...
_My little children_ Converted to the faith by my ministry. He speaks as a parent, both with authority and the most tender sympathy toward weak and sickly children: _of whom I travail in birth again_...
TO CHANGE MY VOICE; from this expression of doubt and concern to one of satisfaction and joy. FOR I STAND IN DOUBT OF YOU; am perplexed respecting you. He intimates his fervent desire to be delivered...
An urgent appeal to an Old Testament example:...
HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This position is the result of promise accomplished, as contrast...
I WOULD LIKE TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU NOW AND TO CHANGE MY TONE; FOR I HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT YOU. Paul has three wishes: 1. To be present with them 2. To change the tone of voice used here 3. To remove...
STAND IN DOUBT OF YOU: Or, I am perplexed for you...
19,20 The Galatians were ready to account the apostle their enemy, but he assures them he was their friend; he had the feelings of a parent toward them. He was in doubt as to their state, and was anxi...
I DESIRE TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU NOW; I wish circumstances so concurred that I could be present with you. AND TO CHANGE MY VOICE; that I might use my tongue towards you as I saw occasion; either commen...
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you. [My little children, for whom I endured spiritual travail to give you birth at the time of your conver...
Galatians 4:20 G1161 like G2309 (G5707) present G3918 (G5750) with G4314 you G5209 now G737 and G2532 change G236 (G5658) my G3450 tone G5456 for G3754 doubts G639 (G5731) about G1722 you G5213 to be...
PAUL NOW REVEALS HIS CONCERN AND LONGING FOR THEM (GALATIANS 4:12). Paul now pleads with them from the heart. He cannot bear to think what they are losing by their foolishness....
2. _Affectionate Appeal to the Galatians._ Paul interrupts his argument for a moment by an affectionate appeal to the feelings of the Galatians. He reminds them of their former enthusiastic love and...
I COULD WITH (ηθελον). Imperfect active, I was wishing like Agrippa's use of εβουλομην in Acts 25:22, "I was just wishing. I was longing to be present with you just now (αρτ)."TO CHANGE MY VOICE...
Galatians 4:1. _Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father...
CONTENTS: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law and grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abra...
Galatians 4:1. _The heir, as long as he is a child,_ and a minor, _differeth_ _nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all._ He is under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his fath...
HOW I WISH. "If I were with you now, I would better know just what to say to help you!...
_Until Christ be formed in you._ THE GROWTH OF CHRIST IN US Now, although the apostle nowhere carries out this into a full allegory, yet it may be clearly seen that this thought dwelt in his mind, v...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:12 As in Galatians 3:1, Paul reminds the Galatians of what happened when they heard the gospel. He also contrasts his own ministry with that of the false teachers. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒...
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He continues the argument of the preceding chapter that the Jews, like children and slaves, were under the Jewish law as a pædagague, while Christians, as sons o...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 4:12. BE AS I AM, FOR I AM AS YE ARE.—Paul had become as a Gentile, though he was once a passionate Jew. Their natural leanings towards Judaism they ought t...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 4:1 NOW I SAY (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or elucidate something before said (of. Galati...
Now I say, That an heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2...
1 Corinthians 4:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; Galatians 4:11...
I desire [η θ ε λ ο ν]. Better, I could wish, the imperfect tense referring to a suppressed conditional clause, as if it were possible. Comp. Acts 25:22; Romans 9:3. To change my voice [α λ λ α ξ α ι...
TURNING UNTO LAW-WORKS Galatians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by grace, we could turn back to the beggarly elements of salvation by law...
I could wish to be present with you now — Particularly in this exigence. And to change — Variously to attemper. My voice — He writes with much softness; but he would speak with more. The voice may mor...
Our apostle, as. farther testimony of his endeared affections towards the Galatians, declares here his earnest desire to have been with them, and see them face to face, that so being more fully acquai...