Galatians 4:16

King James Version (KJV)

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Translations

Galatians 4:16 - Amplified Bible

Have I then become your enemy by telling the truth to you {and} dealing sincerely with you?

Galatians 4:16 - American Standard Version

So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?

Galatians 4:16 - Bible in Basic English

So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?

Galatians 4:16 - Darby Bible

So I have become your enemy in speaking the truth to you?

Galatians 4:16 - English Standard Version

Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Galatians 4:16 - King James Version

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Galatians 4:16 - La Biblia de las Americas

¿Me he vuelto, por tanto, vuestro enemigo al deciros la verdad?

Galatians 4:16 - The Message

Galatians 4:16 - New American Standard Bible

So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Galatians 4:16 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

¿Me he vuelto, por tanto, enemigo de ustedes al decirles la verdad?

Galatians 4:16 - World English Bible

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Galatians 4:16 - Young's Living Translation

so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?

Galatians 4:16 - Additional Comments

After such affection for Paul (vs 14-15), now Paul wonders if their affections have completely turned around, where he is now the enemy. Why would this have happened? They were following the wrong master (vs 9-10), and didn't want to hear the truth. Do you ever avoid church or Sunday School because you've been following the wrong master, and don't want to hear the truth? Isn't that like standing in the street covering your eyes and ears, not wanting to know about the truck heading straight for you? Both lead to pain, death, destruction. Ignorance is not bliss, because you still have to pay the consequences. "Oh, I didn't know I had to pay taxes!" "Oh, I didn't know I had to put oil in my car!" We need to desperately be seeking God's truth, both general and also what He wants us to hear about our life.

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