Galatians 4:12
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I also was as ye are: and ye have not injured me at all.
1770 John Worsley NT
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
11so that I am afraid for you, least I have indeed bestowed upon you labour in vain.
13But ye know that in the infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at first:
Cross References
Acts 21:21And they have heard of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews, who are among the Gentiles, to forsake the law of Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, nor to walk after our customs.
2 Corinthians 2:5And if any one hath caused grief, it hath grieved me only as to part of you, (that I may not overcharge you
Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all,---If thou, who art a Jew, livest sometimes after the manner of the gentiles, and not like the Jews, why dost thou now in a manner compel the gentiles to judaize?
Galatians 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, my 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 →