Galatians
King James Version (KJV)


“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”
King James Version (KJV)
4:17 They - The judaizing teachers who are come among you. Zealously affect you - Express an extraordinary regard for you. But not well - Their zeal is not according to knowledge; neither have they a single eye to your spiritual advantage. Yea, they would exclude you - From me and from the blessings of the gospel. That ye might affect - Love and esteem them.
Ga 4:17 They zealously affect you, [but] not well. The false, Judaizing teachers are meant. They showed great zeal for them, but they were not seeking their good. Yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. Exclude you from the great body of Gentile believers and bind you to their clique.
They zelously affect you, but not well: yea, they would exclude you, that you might affect them.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.
- Basic English Bible
Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out [from us], that ye may be zealous after them.
- Darby Bible
They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.
- English Revised Version
They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
- World English Bible