Galatians 4:11–12
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
I am afraide of you, lest I haue bestowed vpon you labour in vaine.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are, ye haue not iniured me at all.
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From verse 11
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5Rank 1 from verse 11
5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
5For this cause when I could no longer forbeare, I sent to know your faith, lest by some meanes the tempter haue tempted you, and our labor be in vaine.
- 2 John 1:8Rank 2 from verse 11
- Galatians 2:2Rank 3 from verse 11
2And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
2And I went vp by reuelation, and communicated vnto them that Gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles, but ‖priuately to them which were of reputation, lest by any meanes I should runne, or had runne in vaine.
- Philippians 2:16Rank 4 from verse 11
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Rank 5 from verse 11
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
58Therefore my beloued brethren, be yee stedfast, vnmoueable, alwayes abounding in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2–3Rank 6 from verse 11
2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
2For I am iealous ouer you with godly iealousie, for I haue espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3But I feare lest by any meanes, as the Serpent beguiled Eue through his subtilty, so your mindes should bee corrupted from the simplicitie that is in Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20–21Rank 7 from verse 11
20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
20For I feare lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall bee found vnto you such as ye would not, lest there bee debates, enuyings, wraths, strifes, backebitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults,
21 And least when I come againe, my God will humble mee among you, and that I shall bewaile many which haue sinned alreadie, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and lasciuiousnesse which they haue committed.
- Galatians 4:20Rank 9 from verse 11
- Galatians 5:2–4Rank 10 from verse 11
2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
2Beholde, I Paul say vnto you that if ye be circumcised, Christ shal profite you nothing.
3For I testifie againe to euery man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to doe the whole Law.
4Christ is become of no effect vnto you, whosoeuer of you are iustified by the Law: ye are fallen from grace.
- Isaiah 49:4Rank 11 from verse 11
4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
4‖Then I said; I haue laboured in vaine, I haue spent my strength for nought, and in vaine, yet surely my iudgement is with the LORD, and my worke with my God.
From verse 12
- 2 Corinthians 2:5Rank 1 from verse 12
- 1 Kings 22:4Rank 2 from verse 12
4And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
4And hee said vnto Iehoshaphat, Wilt thou goe with me to battel to Ramoth Gilead? And Iehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, *I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
- 1 Corinthians 9:20–23Rank 3 from verse 12
20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
20And vnto the Iewes, I became as a Iew, that I might gaine the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Law, as vnder the Law, that I might gaine them that are vnder the Law:
21To them that are without Law, as without Law (being not without Law to God, but vnder the Law to Christ,) that I might gaine them that are without Law.
22To the weake became I as weake, that I might gaine the weake: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.
23And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
- Genesis 34:15Rank 4 from verse 12
- 2 Corinthians 6:13Rank 5 from verse 12
- Acts 21:21Rank 6 from verse 12
21And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
21And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Iewes which are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, saying, that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walke after the customes.
- Galatians 2:14Rank 7 from verse 12
14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
14But when I saw that they walked not vprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said vnto Peter before them al, If thou, being a Iew, liuest after the maner of Gentiles, and not as doe the Iewes, why compellest thou the Gentiles to liue as do the Iewes?
- Galatians 6:14Rank 8 from verse 12
- Philippians 3:7–8Rank 9 from verse 12
7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
7But what things were gaine to me, those I counted losse for Christ.
8Yea doubtlesse, and I count all things but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christ Iesus my Lord: for whom I haue suffered the losse of all things, and doe count them but doung, that I may win Christ,
- Galatians 6:18Rank 10 from verse 12
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Galatians 4:11
Feeling fear, alarm, apprehension, or terror.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of bestow. Sense 1: To give or confer upon. Sense 2: To expend or apply for a purpose. Sense 3: To place or store.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.
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Galatians 4:12
1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.
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To ask, request, entreat, or implore earnestly.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Wronged or harmed.
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10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
10Yee obserue dayes, and moneths, and times, and yeeres.
11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
11I am afraide of you, lest I haue bestowed vpon you labour in vaine.
Selected passage12Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
12Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are, ye haue not iniured me at all.
Selected passage13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
13Ye know how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached the Gospel vnto you at the first.