¹⁸ It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.

¹⁸ If someone is eager to do good things for you, that's all right; but let them do it all the time, not just when I'm with you.

¹⁸ But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.