Galatians 4:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
they are zealous for you—[yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;

King James Bible
They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

Greek
[Those people] are zealous for you,
Ζηλοῦσιν (Zēlousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2206: From zelos; to have warmth of feeling for or against.

[but] not
οὐ (ou)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

in a good way.
καλῶς (kalōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2573: Well, nobly, honorably, rightly. Adverb from kalos; well.

Instead,
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

they want
θέλουσιν (thelousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

to isolate
ἐκκλεῖσαι (ekkleisai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 1576: To shut out, exclude, separate. From ek and kleio; to shut out.

you [from us],
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

you will be zealous
ζηλοῦτε (zēloute)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2206: From zelos; to have warmth of feeling for or against.

for them.
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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