Galatians 4:13

Howbeit ye know that, by reason of a weakness of the flesh, I myself announced the glad-message unto you, formerly;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Become ye as, I, because, I also, [was] as, ye,—brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged me.

14And, your trial, in my flesh, ye despised not, neither spat ye [in disgust], but, as a messenger of God, ye welcomed me—as Christ Jesus.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:40And, when, any man’s, head loseth its hair, though, bald, he is, clean.

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

2 Corinthians 11:6And, even if uncultured in my discourse, certainly not in my knowledge,—but, in every way, having made [it] manifest, in all things, unto you.

2 Corinthians 12:7Wherefore, lest I should be unduly lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, that he might buffet me,—lest I should be unduly lifted up.

Galatians 1:6I marvel that, thus quickly, ye are moving away from him that called you in the favour of Christ, unto a different glad-message,—

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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