They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
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Gill's Exposition
But it is good to be zealously affected,.... A zealous affection when right is very commendable, as the instances of Phinehas, Elijah, John the Baptist, and our Lord Jesus Christ show, and a contrary…
Barnes' Notes
They zealously affect you - See 1Co 12:31 (Greek); 1Co 14:39. The word used here (Ζηλόω Zēloō), means to be “zealous” toward, that is, for or against any person or thing; usually, in a good sense,…
Adam Clarke
They zealously affect you, but not well - It is difficult for common readers to understand the meaning of these words: perhaps it would be better to translate Ζηλουσιν ὑμας ου καλως, these false…
The apostle is still carrying on the same design as in the foregoing verse, which was, to convince the Galatians of their sin and folly in departing from the truth of the gospel: having just before…
In contrast to the simplicity of his own teaching, St Paul exposes the party spirit by which the false teachers were actuated.
They zealously affect you The sentence is abrupt, no persons being named;…
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