Truth Sacrificed to Self-Interest
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.


Truth is so connatural to the mind of man, that it would certainly be entertained by all men, did it not by accident contradict some beloved interest or other, The thief hates the break of day; not but that he naturally loves the light as well as other men; but his condition makes him dread and abhor that which, of all things, he knows to be the likeliest means of his discovery.

(R. South, D. D.)



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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