Galatians 4:13

You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

In Context

12I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.

14And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:40Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.

1 Corinthians 2:3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

2 Corinthians 11:6Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

2 Corinthians 12:7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

Galatians 1:6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:13-17

Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. 13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. 14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to… Read the whole commentary →

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