Galatians 4:14

12 I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.

13 You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

15 What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
KJV
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.
WEB
That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
ASV
and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.
DARBY
and my temptation, which [was] in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
BLB
And the test of you⁺ in my flesh, you⁺ did not despise nor reject; but you⁺ received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
ÅB
og til tross for den fristelse som voldtes dere ved mitt kjød, ringeaktet og avskydde dere meg ikke. Dere tok imot meg som en Guds engel, ja, som Kristus Jesus.
OTB
Selv om min tilstand var en prøvelse for dere, foraktet eller avviste dere meg ikke, men dere tok imot meg som en Guds engel, som Kristus Jesus selv.
B1930
og til tross for den fristelse som voldtes eder ved mitt kjød, ringeaktet og avskydde I mig ikke. I tok imot mig som en Guds engel, ja, som Kristus Jesus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 10:40

    He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13

    And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

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  • Hebrews 13:2

    Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:27

    and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

    Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

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  • Isaiah 53:2–3

    He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

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  • Zechariah 12:8

    On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

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  • Luke 10:16

    Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

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