Galatians 4:12
I entreat you, friends, to become like me, as I became like you. You have never done me any wrong.
Open English Bible (US)
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
11You make me fear that the labor which I have spent on you may have been wasted.
Cross References
Genesis 34:15Only on this condition will we make an alliance with you: if you will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised.
Acts 21:21Now they have heard it said about you, that you teach all of our people in foreign countries to forsake Moses, for you tell them not to circumcise their children or even to observe Jewish customs.
2 Corinthians 2:5Now whoever has caused the pain has not so much pained me, as he has, to some extent – not to be too severe – pained every one of you.
Galatians 2:14But, when I saw that they were not dealing straightforwardly with the truth of the good news, I said to Peter, before them all, “If you, who were born a Jew, adopt Gentile customs, instead of Jewish, why are you trying to compel the Gentile converts to adopt Jewish customs?”
Galatians 6:18May the blessing of Jesus Christ, our Lord, rest on your souls, friends. 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 →