Galatians 4:12
Become as I [am] — because I also [am] as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,
Young's Literal Translation
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 in vain I did labour toward you.
13and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first,
Cross References
Genesis 34:15'Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,
Acts 21:21and they are instructed concerning thee, that apostasy from Moses thou dost teach to all Jews among the nations, saying — Not to circumcise the children, nor after the customs to walk;
2 Corinthians 2:5And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;
Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, 'If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?
Galatians 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] 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 →