Galatians 4:11

11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.

Galatians 4:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
ESV
11 I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.
NLT
11 I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.
MSG
11 I am afraid that all my hard work among you has gone up in a puff of smoke!
CSB
11 I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

Galatians 4:11 In-Context

9 But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces ? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
12 I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
13 As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you,

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Thessalonians 3:5
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