the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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THE MESSAGE
Galatians 4:19
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My little children, I am in pain again over you, like a mother giving birth. I will feel this pain until people can look at you and see Christ.
My little children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you!
My littel children (of whom I travayle in birth againe vntill Christ be fassioned in you)
My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Messiah is formed in you--
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—
My little children, again I feel the pain of childbirth for you until you truly become like Christ.
My children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you-
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,
my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!
My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you--
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, till Christ be formed in you,
you for whom I am again, as it were, undergoing the pains of childbirth, until Christ is fully formed within you.
My smale children, whiche Y bere eftsoones, til that Crist be fourmed in you,
My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you,
My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
My children, I am in terrible pain until Christ may be seen living in you.
My little children, for whom I am again in [the pains of] labor until Christ is [completely and permanently] formed within you—
My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—
My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,
my dear children, I am suffering the pains of giving birth to you all over again — and this will go on until the Messiah takes shape in you.
my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:
My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until Christ is formed in you.1 Corinthians 4:15; James 1:18;">[xr]
My children, with whom I travail afresh until the Meshiha be formed in you,
[Ye are] my children, of whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah be formed in you [fn] {Ye are}
My litle children, of whom I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ bee formed in you:
Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I'm going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.
My children, I am suffering birth pain for you again. I will suffer until Christ's life is in your life.
My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.
My little children, for whom I am in travail again, until Christ be a reality in you,
My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you; -
My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you.
My litle chyldren, of whom I trauayle in birth agayne, vntyll Christe be fashioned in you.
My dear children! Once again, just like a mother in childbirth, I feel the same kind of pain for you until Christ's nature is formed in you.
My children, I am again suffering labor pains for you until Christ is formed in you.
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!
My children, for whom I again travail until Christ should be formed to you,
my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,
My litle children (of whom I trauayle in byrth agayne, vntyll Christ be fashioned in you)
my dear children, how am I in pain, till Christ be formed in you?
My children—I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!
My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,
Listen, I'm hurting bad for y'all. I hurt as bad as a mom watching her son get in a horse wreck. I will feel like this until people can look at y'all and see Jesus.
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—
Bible Verse Review
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little: 1 Corinthians 4:14, 1 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4, Philemon 1:10, Philemon 1:19, James 1:18, 1 John 2:1, 1 John 2:12, 1 John 5:21
of: Numbers 11:11, Numbers 11:12, Isaiah 53:11, Luke 22:44, Philippians 1:8, Philippians 2:17, Colossians 2:1, Colossians 4:12, Hebrews 5:7, Revelation 12:1, Revelation 12:2
Christ: Romans 8:29, Romans 13:14, Ephesians 4:24, Philippians 2:5, Colossians 1:27, Colossians 3:10
Reciprocal: Proverbs 7:24 - O Song of Solomon 8:5 - there she Jeremiah 4:19 - My bowels Mark 10:24 - Children John 13:33 - Little 1 Corinthians 4:15 - for 2 Corinthians 6:13 - I speak 2 Corinthians 7:5 - fears 2 Corinthians 13:5 - Jesus Christ Galatians 4:15 - if 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - affectionately 3 John 1:4 - that
Cross-References
God said, "It's not good for the Man to be alone; I'll make him a helper, a companion." So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn't find a suitable companion.
God spoke to Cain: "Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won't you be accepted? And if you don't do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it's out to get you, you've got to master it."
Jesus said, "Moses provided for divorce as a concession to your hard heartedness, but it is not part of God's original plan. I'm holding you to the original plan, and holding you liable for adultery if you divorce your faithful wife and then marry someone else. I make an exception in cases where the spouse has committed adultery."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My little children,.... A soft and tender way of speaking, used by Christ to his disciples, and frequently by that affectionate and beloved disciple, John. It is expressive of the apostle's strong love and affection for them, and points out their tenderness in the faith, and that small degree of spiritual light and knowledge they had, as well as signifies that he had been, as he hoped, and in a judgment of charity believed, an instrument of their conversion, and was their spiritual parent: hence it follows,
of whom I travail in birth again; he compares himself to a woman with child, as the church in bringing forth souls to Christ sometimes is; and all his pains and labours in the ministry of the word to the sorrows of a woman during the time of childbearing, and at the birth. When he first came among them, he laboured exceedingly; he preached the Gospel in season, and out of season; he followed his indefatigable endeavours with importunate prayers; and his ministry among them was attended with much weakness of body, and with many reproaches, afflictions, and persecutions, comparable to the birth throes of a woman in travail: however, as he hoped he was the means of their being born again, of the turning of them from Heathenism to Christianity, and from serving idols to serve the living God, and believe in his Son Jesus Christ; but the false apostles coming among them had so strangely wrought upon them, and they were so much gone back and degenerated, that they seemed to be like so many abortions, or as an unformed foetus; wherefore he laboured again with all his might and main, by writing to them, using arguments with them, sometimes giving them good words, at other times rough ones, and fervently praying for them, if possible, to recover them from Judaism, to which they were inclined, to the pure Gospel of Christ.
Until Christ be formed in you; which is the same as to be created in Christ, to be made new creatures, or new men in him; or, in other words, to have the principle of grace wrought in the soul, which goes by the name of Christ formed in the heart; because it is from him, he is the author of it, and it bears a resemblance to him, and is that by which he lives, dwells, and reigns in the souls of his people. Now though, as he hoped, this new man, new creature, or Christ, was formed in them before, when he first preached the Gospel to them; yet it was not a perfect man; particularly their knowledge of Christ, of his Gospel, and Gospel liberty, was far from being so, in which they went backwards instead of forwards; and therefore he was greatly concerned, laboured exceedingly, and vehemently endeavoured, which he calls travailing in birth again, to bring them to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. It is also the same as to be conformed to the image of Christ, which in regeneration is stamped upon the saints, and is gradually increased, and will be perfected in heaven; and that this might more manifestly appear, over which a veil was drawn, by their departure in any degree from the truths of the Gospel, was what he earnestly sought after: once more, it is the same as to have the form of Christ; that is, of the Gospel of Christ upon them, or to be cast into the form of doctrine, and mould of the Gospel, and to receive a Gospel impression and spirit from it; which is to have a spirit of liberty, in opposition to legal bondage; to live by faith on Christ, and not on the works of the law; to derive comfort alone from him, and not from any services and duties whatever; to have repentance, and the whole course of obedience, influenced by the grace of God, and love of Christ; and to be zealous of good works, and yet have no dependence on them for justification and salvation. This is what the apostle so earnestly desired, when, instead of it, these Galatians seemed to have the form of Moses, and of the law.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My little children - The language of tender affection, such as a parent would use toward his own offspring; see the note at 1 Corinthians 4:15; compare Matthew 18:3; Joh 13:33; 1 John 2:1, 1 John 2:12-13; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:21. The idea here is, that Paul felt that he sustained toward them the relation of a father, and he had for them the deep and tender feelings of a parent.
Of whom I travail in birth again - For whose welfare I am deeply anxious: and for whom I endure deep anguish; compare 1 Corinthians 4:15. His anxiety for them he compares to the deepest sufferings which human nature endures; and his language here is a striking illustration of what ministers of the gospel should feel, and do sometimes feel, in regard to their people.
Until Christ be formed in you - The name Christ is often used to denote his religion, or the principles of his gospel; see the note at Romans 13:14. Here it means, until Christ reigns wholly in your hearts; until you wholly and entirely embrace his doctrines; and until you become wholly imbued with his spirit; see Colossians 1:27.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 19. My little children — Ïεκνια Î¼Î¿Ï . My beloved children. As their conversion to God had been the fruit of much labour, prayers, and tears, so he felt them as his children, and peculiarly dear to him, because he had been the means of bringing them to the knowledge of the truth; therefore he represents himself as suffering the same anxiety and distress which he endured at first when he preached the Gospel to them, when their conversion to Christianity was a matter of great doubt and uncertainty. The metaphor which he uses needs no explanation.
Until Christ be formed in you — Till you once more receive the Spirit and unction of Christ in your hearts, from which you are fallen, by your rejection of the spirit of the Gospel.
