Galatians 4:20

For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

but there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.

I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.

are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,

but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.

They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

Jethro said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold, if the itch hasn’t spread in the skin, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean.

Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.

You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

David said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh.

When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh and his people Israel.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Increase my honor and comfort me again.

My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

“As for you, O my flock, the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.”

When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.

I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.

We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.

Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?

I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

On some have compassion, making a distinction,

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,