Galatians 4:17 Meaning
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
Context Explained
15Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Galatians 1:7
Both verses address the influence of false teachers on the Galatians.
Romans 10:2
This verse discusses zeal without knowledge, similar to the influence mentioned.
Source: Galatians 4:17