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I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

I am afraid of you (φοβουμα υμας). He shudders to think of it.

Lest by any means I have bestowed labour upon you in…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I am afraid of you, and so on. I have fears concerning you. His fears were that they had no genuine Christian principle. They had been so …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Can his readers have mi ed that point? If so, it comes to them once again as the same Paul who speaks elsewhere of the fact that nothing can ever s…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain. This expression is harsh and must have filled the Galatians with alarm, for what hope would b…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I am afraid of you
Which shows the danger he apprehended they were in, by taking such large steps from Christianity …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The happy change by which the Galatians were turned from idols to the living God, and through Christ had received the adoption of sons, was the eff…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Having revealed the preeminence of the gift of grace and explained it with a human example, the Apostle here rebukes the Galatians, who scorned thi…

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