The Causes of Declining Zeal
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.


Commercial prosperity and business cares, the eagerness after pleasure and. the exigencies of political life, diffused doubt and wide-spread artistic and literary culture, eat the very life out of thousands in our Churches, and lower their fervour till, like the molten iron cooling in the air, what was once all glowing with ruddy heat is crusted over with foul black scoriae, ever encroaching on the tiny central warmth.

(A. Maclaren, 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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