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Galatians Chapter 4 verse 11 Holy Bible

ASV Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
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BBE Galatians 4:11

I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.
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DARBY Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
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KJV Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
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WBT Galatians 4:11


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WEB Galatians 4:11

I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
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YLT Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain (φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς μήπῶς εἰκῆ κεποπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς I am afraid of you, lest by any means 1 have bestowed labour upon you in vain. That is, this behaviour of yours makes me fear whether I may not have bestowed labour upon you fruitlessly. A similar construction of μή πως with an indicative occurs in 1 Thessalonians 3:5, Μή πως ἐπείρασεν ὑμᾶς ὁ πειράζων, "Fearing, whether the tempter may not have tempted you;" followed by the subjunctive, Καὶ εἰς κένον γένηται ὁ κόπος ἡμῶν, "And lest our labour should [in the as yet future result] prove to be for no good." This passage in the Thessalonians serves to illustrate the nature of the mischief, which, in the present case, the apostle feared might result. For one thing, there was the hurt, the perhaps fatal hurt, which the Galatian believers might themselves receive from that virtual renouncement of their spiritual inheritance which they now seemed to be foolishly making. But there was also the disappointment which would accrue to himself through the failure of his work among them: "For what," as he wrote to the Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, "is our hope, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?" The same anticipated joy he speaks of in writing to the Philippians, as about to accrue to himself from the steadfastness of his converts: "That I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, neither labour in vain." This anticipation was a joy which he would fain not have wrested from him.

Ellicott's Commentary