Galatians 4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. As the friar wittily told the people, that the truth he then preached unto them seemed to be like holy water, which every one called for apace, yet, when it came to be cast upon them, they turned aside their faces as though they did not like it; just so it is that almost every man calls fast for truth, commends truth, nothing will down but truth, yet they cannot endure to have it cast in their faces. They love truth when it only pleads itself, and shows itself; but they cannot abide it, when it presses upon them, and shows them themselves: they would have it shine out unto all the world in its glory, but by no means so much as peep out to reprove their own errors. (Senhouse.) Parallel Verses KJV: But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.WEB: But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you. |
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