4:17 They court you eagerly, 1 but for no good purpose; 2 they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly. 3
1 tn Or “They are zealous for you.”
2 tn Or “but not commendably” (BDAG 505 s.v. καλῶς 2).
3 tn Or “so that you would be zealous.”
4 tn Or “boast about you in external matters,” “in the outward rite” (cf. v. 12).