Galatians 4:20
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
I desire to bee present with you now, and to change my voyce, for I ‖stand in doubt of you.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, I am perplexed for you.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:17–18Rank 1 from verse 20
17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
17But wee, brethren, beeing taken from you for a short time, in presence, not in heart, endeuored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
18Wherefore we would haue come vnto you (euen I Paul) once & againe: but Satan hindered vs.
- 1 Corinthians 4:19–21Rank 2 from verse 20
19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
19*But I wil come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will knowe, not the speach of them which are puffed vp, but the power.
20For the kingdome of God is not in word, but in power.
21What will ye? Shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, and in the spirit of meekenesse?
- 1 Thessalonians 3:9Rank 3 from verse 20
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Galatians 4:20
Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.
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Sense 1: Being in a place, at hand, or before another; now existing or current. Sense 2: A gift or offering brought or given to another. Sense 3: To bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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Sense 1: To make or become different; to alter, exchange, replace, or pass from one state to another. Sense 2: An alteration, exchange, replacement, or transition from one state to another.
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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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Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.
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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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Sense 1: Uncertainty, perplexity, or wavering of mind; hesitation to believe or be settled in opinion. Sense 2: To be uncertain, question, or waver in judgment.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
19My litle children, of whom I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ bee formed in you:
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
20I desire to bee present with you now, and to change my voyce, for I ‖stand in doubt of you.
Selected passage21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
21Tell me, ye that desire to be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Law?