Galatians 4:13-15

International Standard Version

¹³You know that it was because I was ill^[a] that I brought you the gospel the first time. ¹⁴Even though my condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. On the contrary, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, or as if I were the Messiah^[b] Jesus. ¹⁵What, then, happened to your positive attitude?^[c] For I testify that if it had been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

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Footnotes

Galatians 4:13 Lit. because of a weakness of the flesh
Galatians 4:14 Or Christ
Galatians 4:15 Lit. your blessedness

Galatians 4:13-15

New International Version

¹³As you know, it was because of an illness^(A) that I first preached the gospel to you, ¹⁴and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.^(B) ¹⁵Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

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Galatians 4:13-15

King James Version

¹³Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

¹⁴And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

¹⁵Where 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 me.

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