Galatians 4
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Galatians 4:8-20

8Howbeit at that timeG5119, not knowing GodG2316, ye wereG1510 in bondage to them that by natureG5449 areG1510 no godsG2316: 9but nowG1161 that ye have comeG1097 to knowG1097 GodG2316, or ratherG3123 to be knownG1097 by GodG2316, howG4459 turnG1994 ye back againG3825 to the weakG772 and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desireG2309 to be in bondage over againG3825? 10Ye observe daysG2250, and monthsG3376, and seasonsG2540, and years. 11I am afraidG5399 of you, lestG3361 by any means I have bestowed laborG2872 upon you in vainG1500.

12I beseech you, brethren, becomeG1096 as I am, for I also am becomeG1096 as ye are. Ye did me no wrongG91: 13but ye know that because of an infirmityG769 of the fleshG4561 I preached the gospel unto you the first time: 14and that which was a temptationG3986 to you in my fleshG4561 ye despisedG1848 not, nor rejected; but ye receivedG1209 me as an angelG32 of GodG2316, evenG2532 as ChristG5547 JesusG2424. 15WhereG4226 thenG3767 is that gratulation of yourselvesG4771? for I bearG3140 you witnessG3140, that, if possibleG1415, ye would have plucked out your eyesG3788 and givenG1325 them to me. 16SoG5620 thenG5620 am I becomeG1096 your enemyG2190, by telling you the truthG226? 17They zealously seek you in no goodG2573 way; nay, they desireG2309 to shut you out, that ye may seek them. 18But it is goodG2570 to be zealously sought in a goodG2570 matter at all times, and not onlyG3440 when I am presentG3918 with you. 19My little childrenG5043, of whom I am againG3825 in travail until ChristG5547 be formed in you— 20but I could wishG2309 to be presentG737 with you nowG1161, and to changeG236 my tone; for I am perplexedG639 about you.

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