12 [a]Be ye as I (for I am even as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye have not hurt me at all.

13 And ye know, how through [b]infirmity of the flesh, I preached the Gospel unto you at the first.

14 And the [c]trial of me which was in my flesh, ye despised not, neither abhorred: but ye received me as an Angel of God, yea, as [d]Christ Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:12 He mitigateth and qualifieth those things wherein he might have seemed to have spoken somewhat sharply, very artificially and divinely, declaring his good will towards them in such sort, that the Galatians could not but either be utterly desperate when they read these things, or acknowledge their own lightness with tears, and desire pardon.
  2. Galatians 4:13 Many afflictions.
  3. Galatians 4:14 Those daily troubles wherewith the Lord tried me amongst you.
  4. Galatians 4:14 For my ministry’s sake.

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