I am in travail (ωδινω). I am in birth pangs. Old word for this powerful picture of pain. In N.T. only here, verse 27;[Reference R…

My little children. The language of tender affection, such as a parent would use towards his own offspring. See [Reference 1 Corinthians 4…

My little children.—The form is a diminutive, not found elsewhere in the writings of St. Paul, though common in St. John. It is u…

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. My little children, of whom I travail …

Paul now comes to his main point about the actions and motives of the legalizers: his own attitude to the Galatians was quite different. He had not…

My little children. The word children is still softer and more affectionate than brothers; and the diminutive, little childre…

My little children
A soft and tender way of speaking, used by Christ to his disciples, and frequently by that affect…

The Galatians were ready to consider the apostle their enemy, but he assures them he was their friend; he had the feelings of a parent toward them.…

Above, the Apostle dismissed the false cause of his correcting the Galatians; here he discloses the true cause, which is sorrow for their imperfect…