Galatians 4:17

Galatians · New Testament · Chapter 4

“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”Galatians 4:17

What Does Galatians 4:17 Mean?

Galatians 4:17 is found in the book of Galatians, chapter 4, verse 17 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Galatians 4:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

2 Peter 2:1“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”Romans 16:18“For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.”2 Corinthians 11:13“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.”Matthew 23:15“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”2 Peter 2:3“And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”Romans 10:2“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”1 Corinthians 4:8“Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.”Galatians 5:10“I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.”Joshua 22:12“And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.”Acts 22:3“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.”1 Corinthians 4:18“Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.”1 Corinthians 11:2“Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.”2 Corinthians 11:3“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”Galatians 1:7“Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of 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.”Titus 1:10“For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:”2 Peter 2:18“For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.”2 Samuel 21:2“And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)”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.”

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