NET Bible
"However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you."
— Galatians 4:18, NET Bible
“But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.”
“But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you. ”
“But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.”
“But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you.”
“But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.”
“But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.”
Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.
However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!
I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, because I am perplexed about you.
An Appeal from Allegory Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?