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They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

They zealously seek you (ζηλουσιν υμας). Ζηλοω is an old and a good word from ζηλος (zeal, jealousy), but one can pay court with g…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

They zealously affect you. See 1 Corinthians 12:31 (Greek) and 1 Corinthians 14:39. The word used here, zhlow<…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

They zealously affect you.—“Zealously affect” is a single word in the Greek, and means “to show zeal towards,” “to court,” “to curry favou…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

They zealously affect you, but not well; yes, they would exclude you, that you might affect them.

They would, if they could, turn y…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Paul can appeal, not only to the former attitude of the Galatians or to the contrast between that and their actions in the present (vv.12–16), but …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

They are jealous of you. He finally comes to the false apostles and does more by silence to make them detestable than if he had stated the…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

They zealously affect you
Or "are jealous of you"; meaning the false apostles, whose names, in contempt, he mentions…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The apostle desires that they would be of one mind with him regarding the law of Moses, as well as united with him in love. In reproving others, we…

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