Galatians 4:17 — Community Reflections

GALATIANS 4:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”

Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good purpose. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them. — Paul diagnoses the Judaizers' motivation: their 'zelos' (zeal, fervent intensity) aims to 'chorizo' (separate, alienate) the Galatians from Paul so that the Galatians transfer their zeal to the Judaizers themselves, a cultic capture rather than genuine gospel passion.

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Rivers of living water — Galatians 4

God is faithful in every circumstance.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. What a reminder ...