King James Version
Galatians 4:17 in the King James Version says “They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. exclude you: or, exclud...” — study this verse from Galatians chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. exclude you: or, exclude us”
Galatians 4:17 · KJV
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. Where: or, What was then
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. exclude you: or, exclude us
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“they would”
G2309to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations),
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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