Galatians 4:17-19 Certain people are showing quite an interest in you, but it is not for your benefit. Instead, they are trying to separate you from me, in hope that you will seek them out for help.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ Certain people are showing quite an interest in you, but it is not for your benefit. Instead, they are trying to separate you [from me], in hope that you will seek them out [for help]. ¹⁸ Now, it is fine for someone to want to seek you out anytime, if it is for a good purpose, and not just when I am around [to be impressed]. ¹⁹ My little children [i.e., dear ones], I am again deeply pained [as a woman in childbirth] over your [spiritual] condition, until [the life of] Christ becomes formed in your character.