Galatians 4:16
Galatians 4:16 Meaning and Explanation
“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul wonders whether he has become their enemy simply by telling them the truth.
What Does Galatians 4:16 Mean?
Paul asks a piercing question. Has he become their enemy merely because he tells them the truth? The very honesty that love requires has seemingly turned them against him, as though the messenger of truth were now the adversary.
It is the perennial cost of faithful love. Those who speak hard truths are often resented for it. Paul would rather risk their displeasure than flatter them into ruin. He tells the truth because he loves them, even if it makes him, for a moment, seem like a foe.
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What does Galatians 4:16 mean?
Paul wonders whether he has become their enemy simply by telling them the truth.