Galatians 4:17

In 9 translations

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.

LSV

They are zealous for you—[yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that you may be zealous for them;

YLT

they are zealous for you — [yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;

DBY

They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out [from us], that ye may be zealous after them.

DRC

They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them.

GNV

They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.

RP2018

Ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.

TR-Boyd

Ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.ὑμᾶς ¦ ἡμᾶς ELZ

SCR1894

ζηλουσιν υμας ου καλως αλλα εκκλεισαι υμας θελουσιν ινα αυτους ζηλουτε

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
• 2 Corinthians 11:13–15For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as…
• 2 Peter 2:3In 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.
• Matthew 23:15Woe 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.
• 1 Corinthians 4:8Already 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!
• Galatians 6:12–13Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ. For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves,…
• Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
• 2 Peter 2:18With 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.
• 1 Corinthians 4:18Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
• Philippians 2:21For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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