But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
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Gill's Exposition
My little children,.... A soft and tender way of speaking, used by Christ to his disciples, and frequently by that affectionate and beloved disciple, John. It is expressive of the apostle's strong…
Barnes' Notes
But it is good to be, zealously affected - The meaning of this is, “Understand me: I do not speak against zeal. I have not a word to say in its disparagement. In itself, it is good; and their zeal…
Adam Clarke
It is good to be zealously affected - It is well to have a determined mind and an ardent heart in reference to things which are laudable and good.
Not only when I am present - You were thus attached…
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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