Galatians 4:17
15 What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
18 Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
19 My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- De legger seg etter dere med en iver som ikke er god; men de vil stenge dere ute, for at dere skal være ivrige for dem.
- OTB
- De er ivrige etter å vinne dere, men ikke for det gode. De ønsker å isolere dere, så dere kan være ivrige for dem.
- B1930
- De legger sig efter eder med en iver som ikke er god; men de vil stenge eder ute, forat I skal være ivrige for dem.
- BSB
- Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
- KJV
- They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
- WEB
- They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
- ASV
- They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.
- DARBY
- They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out [from us], that ye may be zealous after them.
- BLB
- They are zealous for you⁺, not nobly, but they want to exclude you⁺ [from us], so that you⁺ may be zealous for them.
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2 Corinthians 11:13–15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
Les i sammenhengRomans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Les i sammenheng2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Les i sammenhengMatthew 23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 4:8
Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
Les i sammenhengRomans 10:2
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
Les i sammenhengPhilippians 2:21
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Les i sammenheng2 Peter 2:18
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
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