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Galatians 4:20 KJV
Galatians · chapter 4 · verse 20
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.Galatians 4:20 · King James Version
Galatians 4:20 in context
18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- presentpareimito be by, be at hand, to have arrived, to be present, to be ready, in store, at commandG3918 →
- desirethelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
- changeallassōto change, to exchange one thing for another, to transformG236 →
- voicephōnēa sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments, a voice, of the sound of…G5456 →
- doubtaporeōto be without resources, to be in straits, to be left wanting, to be embarrassed, to be…G639 →
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That the apostle might the better dispose these Christians to bear with him in the reproofs which he was obliged to give them, he here expresses his great affection to them, and the very tender concern he had for their welfare: he was not like them - one thing when among them and another when absent from them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-20