Cross references

Galatians 4:17

Those 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.

Galatians 4:17 BSB

Galatians 4:17 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 16:18 (5 votes) and 2 Corinthians 11:13–15 (5 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Joshua 22 to 2 Peter 2.

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Which verses does Galatians 4:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

  2. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. …

  3. In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

  4. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

  5. Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!

  6. For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

  7. Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

  8. Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

  9. I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

  10. Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ. For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

Which verses point to Galatians 4:17?

The 10 strongest of 13.