Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Why, you make me afraid I may have spent my labour on you for nothing!
New American Standard Bible
I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored
King James Version
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Holman Bible
I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.
International Standard Version
I am afraid for you! I don't want my work for you to have been wasted!
A Conservative Version
I am afraid of you, lest somehow I have labored toward you in vain.
American Standard Version
I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
Amplified
I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [to the point of exhaustion] over you in vain.
An Understandable Version
I am afraid for you, [i.e., for your spiritual safety], that possibly I may have spent a lot of effort on your behalf for nothing.
Anderson New Testament
fear for you, lest I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
Bible in Basic English
I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.
Common New Testament
I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.
Daniel Mace New Testament
you make me apprehensive, that the labour I have bestowed upon you will be all in vain.
Darby Translation
I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
Goodspeed New Testament
I begin to be afraid that perhaps the labor I spent on you was wasted.
John Wesley New Testament
Brethren, I beseech you, be ye as I am; for I also am as ye were: ye have not injured me at all.
Julia Smith Translation
I am afraid of you, lest I have been wearied for you in vain.
King James 2000
I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I am afraid [for] you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain!
Modern King James verseion
I fear for you, lest somehow I have labored among you in vain.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I am in fear of you, lest I have bestowed on you labour in vain.
Montgomery New Testament
I am alarmed about you for fear lest I may have bestowed labor on you to no purpose.
NET Bible
I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.
New Heart English Bible
I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
Noyes New Testament
I fear for you, lest I may have bestowed upon you labor in vain.
Sawyer New Testament
I am afraid of you, lest I have expended labor on you in vain.
The Emphasized Bible
I am afraid of you - lest by any means, in vain, I should have toiled for you!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
I am afraid for you, lest haply I have bestowed on you labour in vain.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You make me fear that the labor which I have spent on you may have been wasted.
Webster
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.
Weymouth New Testament
I am alarmed about you, and am afraid that I have perhaps bestowed labour upon you to no purpose.
Williams New Testament
I am beginning to fear that I have bestowed my labors on you for nothing.
World English Bible
I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
Worrell New Testament
I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have toiled for you in vain.
Worsley New Testament
so that I am afraid for you, least I have indeed bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Youngs Literal Translation
I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.
Themes
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Interlinear
Humas
ὑμᾶς
Humas
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mepos
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 36 Translations in Galatians 4:11
Prayers for Galatians 4:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Be Enslaved Again
10 You observe days and months and festal seasons and years! 11 Why, you make me afraid I may have spent my labour on you for nothing! 12 Do take my line, brothers, I beg of you ??just as I once took yours. I have no complaint against you;
Phrases
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 3:5
Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.
Galatians 2:2
(It was in consequence of a revelation that I went up at all.) I submitted the gospel I am in the habit of preaching to the Gentiles, submitting it privately to the authorities, to make sure that my course of action would be and had been sound.
Acts 16:6
They crossed Phrygia and the country of Galatia, the holy Spirit having stopped them from preaching the word in Asia;
1 Corinthians 15:58
Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.
2 Corinthians 11:2-3
for I feel a divine jealousy on your behalf; I betrothed you as a chaste maiden to present you to your one husband Christ,
2 Corinthians 12:20-21
For I am afraid I may perhaps come and find you are not what I could wish, while you may find I am not what you could wish; I am afraid of finding quarrels, jealousy, temper, rivalry, slanders, gossiping, arrogance, and disorder ??21 afraid that when I come back to you, my God may humiliate me before you, and I may have to mourn for many who sinned some time ago and yet have never repented of the impurity, the sexual vice, and the sensuality which they have practised.
Galatians 4:20
would that I could be with you at this moment, and alter my tone, for I am at my wits' end about you!
Galatians 5:2-4
Here, listen to Paul! I tell you, if you get circumcised, Christ will be no use to you.
Philippians 2:16
hold fast the word of life, so that I can be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because I have not run or worked for nothing.
2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves; you must not lose what you have been working for, but gain a full reward.