Galatians 4:16

Truth and honesty Friendship

¹⁴ And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

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.

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

¹⁷ 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
KJV: Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
WEB: So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
ASV: So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
DARBY: So I have become your enemy in speaking the truth to you?
BLB: So have I become your⁺ enemy speaking truth to you⁺?

ÅB: Så er jeg da blitt deres fiende ved å si dere sannheten!
OTB: Har jeg blitt deres motstander ved å tale sannheten til dere?
B1930: Så er jeg da blitt eders fiende ved å si eder sannheten!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 5:10
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
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Proverbs 9:8
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
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John 8:45
But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
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Galatians 5:7
You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
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Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
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Galatians 2:5
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
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John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
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1 Kings 22:8
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
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