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Galatians 4:16

Galatians 4:16
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

They zealously affect you,.... Or "are jealous of you"; meaning the false apostles, whose names, in contempt, he mentions not, being unworthy to be taken notice of, and their names to be transmitted…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Am I therefore become your enemy ... - Is my telling you the truth in regard to the tendency of the doctrines which you have embraced, and the character of those who have led you astray, and your own…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Am I therefore become your enemy - How is it that you are so much altered towards me, that you now treat me as an enemy, who formerly loved me with the most fervent affection? Is it because I tell you…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Galatians 4:12-16

That these Christians might be the more ashamed of their defection from the truth of the gospel which Paul had preached to them, he here reminds them of the great affection they formerly had for him…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Am I therefore -So that I am become … truth?" The toneof the sentence is interrogative, rather than the form.

I tell you the truth The reference is probably to the second visit to Galatia, when the…