Verse List for GAL 4:18

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OET (OET-RV) It’s good to be enthusiastic about things that are always good, and not only at the times when I’m with you, brothers and sisters.

OET-LV But it _is good to _be _being _zealous in a_good thing always, and not only in the time me to _be _being _present with you _all.

ULT But, it is good to be zealous for good at all times and not only when I am present with you.

UST But, it is an honorable thing to eagerly desire to do the right things at all times. I would like you to eagerly desire to do the right things, both when I am with you and when I am absent.

BSB Nevertheless, [it is] good to be zealous if it serves a noble [purpose]—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

MSB Nevertheless, [it is] good to be zealous if it serves a noble [purpose]—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

BLB Now it is good to be zealous in a right thing, at all times and not only in my being present with you.

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

OEB It is always honourable to have your favour sought in an honourable cause, and not only when I am with you, my dear children –

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

NET However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

LSV and [it is] good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;

FBV Of course it's good to want to do good. But this should be at all times, not just when I'm there with you![fn]

TCNT Now it is good to be zealous for a good purpose, and to be so at all times and not just when I am with you.

T4T But just like it always feels good to have others show that they appreciate you, I would like you always to appreciate me, and not only when I am with you.

LEB But it is good to be sought zealously in good at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

BBE But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

Moff Now it is fine for you to be made much of honestly and all the time — not simply when I can be with you.

Wymth It is always an honourable thing to be courted in an honourable cause; always, and not only when I am with you, my children—

ASV But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

DRA But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you.

YLT and [it is] good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;

Drby But [it is] right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you —

RV But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

SLT And good to be zealous always in good, and not only in my being present with you.

Wbstr But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing , and not only when I am present with you.

KJB-1769 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

KJB-1611 But it is good to bee zealously affected alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps It is good alwayes to be zelous in a good thyng, and not only when I am present with you
(It is good always to be zealous in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you)

Gnva But it is a good thing to loue earnestly alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you,
(But it is a good thing to love earnestly always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you,)

Cvdl It is good to be feruent, so yt it be allwaye in a good thinge, and not onely whan I am present wt you.
(It is good to be fervent, so it it be always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.)

TNT It is good alwayes to be fervent so it be in a good thinge and not only when I am present with you.
(It is good always to be fervent so it be in a good thing and not only when I am present with you.)

Wycl But sue ye the good euermore in good, and not oneli whanne Y am present with you.
(But sue ye/you_all the good evermore in good, and not only when I am present with you.)

Luth Eifern ist gut, wenn‘s immerdar geschiehet um das Gute und nicht allein, wenn ich gegenwärtig bei euch bin.
(zeal is good, if forever happens/occurs around/by/for the goodness and not alone/only, when I currently at/in you am.)

ClVg Bonum autem æmulamini in bono semper: et non tantum cum præsens sum apud vos.
(Good however æmulamini in/into/on good always: and not/no only when/with present I_am at you(pl).)

SR-GNT Καλὸν δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς. ‡

UGNT καλὸν δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

SBL-GNT καλὸν ⸀δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς,

RP-GNT Καλὸν δὲ τὸ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

TC-GNT καλὸν δὲ [fn]τὸ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς.