Galatians

Galatians 4:17

¹⁷Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
are zealous for you	Ζηλοῦσιν	Zēlousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2206 I am jealous, eager for
not	οὐ	ou	Adverb	G3756 no, not
in a good way	καλῶς	kalōs	Adverb	G2573 well, nobly, rightly
Instead	ἀλλὰ	alla	Conjunction	G235 but, except
they want	θέλουσιν	thelousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2309 I will, wish, desire
to isolate	ἐκκλεῖσαι	ekkleisai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G1576 I shut out, exclude
you	ὑμᾶς	hymas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
so that	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
you may be zealous	ζηλοῦτε	zēloute	Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2206 I am jealous, eager for
for them	αὐτοὺς	autous	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same

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