Galatians 4:17
yThey zealously *affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude 5you, that ye might affect them.
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.
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Romans 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Galatians 6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Philippians 2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
*:
affect-desire, seek.
5:
Or, us.
the false teachers, that have perverted you as to the faith of the gospel.
pretend a great warmth of affection for you.
but in this they do not well, nor for a good end.
from our good opinion and affection.
that they might have all your love and respect; and so, by the ruin of our reputation with you, they might build up their own reputation.