Galatians 4:12
Become as I am, for I also became as ye are, brethren, I beseech you. Ye injured me in nothing.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
In Context
11I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
Cross References
Acts 21:21And they were informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor walk after the customs.
2 Corinthians 2:5But if any has caused sorrow, he has not caused sorrow to me, but in part (that I be not too severe on him) to you all.
Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they walk not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in the presence of all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles and not that of Jews, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to become as Jews?
Galatians 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:9-12
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the… Read the whole commentary →