Galatians 4:11

1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 12:20; 2 Corinthians 12:21; 2 John 1:8; Acts 16:6; Galatians 2:2; Galatians 5:2-4; Galatians 4:20; Isaiah 49:4; Philippians 2:16

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am afraid of you ... - I have fears respecting you. His fears were that they had no genuine Christian principle. They had been so easily perver...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The state of the Galatians, while heathen, was similar but worse. They had not been heirs in a state of temporary slavery, but frankly slaves to the...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. Lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain. The expression is harsh, and must have filled the Galatians with alarm; for what hope was le...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. I am afraid of you - I begin now to be seriously alarmed for you, and think you are...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. Howbeit - contrast of their former with their prese...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I am afraid of you ,.... Which shows the danger he apprehended they were in, by taking such large steps from Christianity to Judaism, and expresses...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The foolishness of backsliding from this truth:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain. The apostle here interrupts his doctrinal exposition to rebuke the Galatians for...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹¹ I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

Related Commentaries of Galatians 4:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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