Galatians 4:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 4:19-20

Galatians 4:19-20. My little children Converted to the faith by my ministry. He speaks as a parent, both with authority and the most tender sympathy toward weak and sickly children: of whom I travail in birth again As I did before, (Galatians 4:13,) in vehement pain, sorrow, desire, prayer; till Christ be formed in you Till you be made fully acquainted with, and established in, the belief of every part of his doctrine; and till you be so endowed with the graces of his Spirit, that all... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 4:8-20

Paul’s concern for the Galatians (4:8-20)Before they believed in Christ, most of the Galatians were pagans, in bondage to idols of wood and stone. Now that they have come to know the true God, they are foolish to get into bondage again by trying to keep the Jewish law. By doing so they are not going forward in their Christian lives; they are going backwards (8-11).The Galatians should live as those free from the law, just as Paul does. He feels sorry for them, not angry with them. He does not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 4:19

little children . Greek. teknion . App-108 . Only occurance: by Paul. Compare 1 John 2:1 , &c. travail, &c. Greek. Odino . Here, Galatians 4:27 . Revelation 12:2 , Christ . App-98 . formed. Greek. morphoomai . Only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 4:19

My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you ...My little children ... This claiming on Paul's part of the Galatians as his spiritual children has also entered into scholarly efforts to determine the date of Galatians and also the identity of the churches to whom it is addressed, the questions, of course, being related to each other. It is said that "The churches of south Galatia had two founders (Paul and Barnabas), and owed allegiance to Barnabas along with... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 4:19

19. My little children— (1 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 2:1; 1 John 2:1). My relation to you is not merely that of one zealously courting you (Galatians 4:17; Galatians 4:18), but that of a father to his children (1 Corinthians 4:15). I travail in birth—that is, like a mother in pain till the birth of her child. again—a second time. The former time was when I was "present with you" (1 Corinthians 4:15- :; compare Note, see on 1 Corinthians 4:15- :). Christ be formed in you—that you may live nothing... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 4:12-20

2. The historical illustration 4:12-20Paul appealed next to his past contacts with the Galatians and called on them to remember his visits to Galatia to move them to abandon nomism."If the reader is inclined to think Paul has been impersonal in dealing with the problems at Galatia, that he has been arguing as a scholar and not as a pastor, the present passage should disabuse him of this idea." [Note: Boice, p. 477.] "What we have in this personal aside is a poignant witness to the indissoluble... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 4:19-20

Paul’s loving affection for the Galatians comes through more strongly here than before. The tender expression "my [dear] children" (Gr. tekna mou) occurs only here in Paul’s writings. Paul felt as if he was going through labor pains again for them. He had done that when he had evangelized Galatia, but now he had to repeat his work for them."This is a striking metaphor without parallel in any other Pauline writing. . . . Only here in Galatians does he appear in the role of a mother, a mother who... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 4:19

4:19 children, (c-2) Teknia , as John 13:33 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 4:1-31

The Bondage of the Law. Freedom in Christ1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons.Paraphrase. ’(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more enter upon his inheritance than a servant in the family can possess himself of it, (2) but must continue, until the set time, in a subordinate position, and under the authority and training of others. (3) So, when we were under the elementary Law system, we were in a position like that of the heir in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 4:17-20

(17-20) All this eagerness to court your favour springs from an interested motive: they wish to make a sect of you, in which they shall be masters and courted in their turn. Not but that it is a good thing for teachers and taught—you and I—to seek favour with each other, so long as it is done disinterestedly, and that, too, when I am absent as well as when I am present. My heart yearns towards you. I cannot forget that you owe your life, as Christians, to me. Now, once more, it seems as if all... read more

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