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I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
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A Pastor's Deep Fear
Commentators highlight that Paul's words reveal a deep pastoral concern, not just doctrinal correction. He expresses a profound fear, like a spiritual father watching his children stray into danger. Scholars note this verse marks a shift to a more personal and emotional tone, showing how much he cared for the Galatians' spiritual well-being.
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Galatians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
I am afraid of you (φοβουμα υμας). He shudders to think of it.
Lest by any means I have bestowed labour upon you in…
Can his readers have missed that point? If so, it comes to them once again as the same Paul who speaks elsewhere of the fact that nothing can ever …
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I am afraid of you Which shows the danger he apprehended they were in, by taking such large steps from Christianity …
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
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…
