Galatians 4:8-20

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FormerlyG5119, when you did not knowG3756G1492 GodG2316, you were slavesG1398 to those whoG3588 by natureG5449 areG1510 notG3361 godsG2316. 9ButG1161 now thatG3568 you knowG1097 GodG2316, or ratherG3123 are knownG1161G1097 byG5259 GodG2316, howG4459 is it that you are turningG1994 backG3825 toG1909 thoseG3588 weakG772 andG2532 worthlessG4434 principlesG4747? Do you wishG2309 to be enslavedG1398 byG3739 them all overG509 againG3825? 10You are observingG3906 special daysG2250 andG2532 monthsG3376 andG2532 seasonsG2540 andG2532 yearsG1763! 11I fearG5399 for youG4771, that my effortsG2872 forG1519 youG4771 may have beenG4459 in vainG1500. 12I begG1189 youG4771, brothersG80, becomeG1096 likeG5613 meG1473, forG3754 I becameG2504 likeG5613 youG4771. You have done me no wrongG91G1473G3762.

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You knowG1492 thatG3754 it was because ofG1223 an illnessG769G3588G4561 that I first preached the gospelG2097G3588G4386 to youG4771. 14AndG2532 although myG1473 illness was a trialG3986 to youG4771, you did not despiseG3756G1848 or rejectG1609 me. InsteadG235, you welcomedG1209 meG1473 as ifG5613 I were an angelG32 of GodG2316, as ifG5613 I were ChristG5547 JesusG2424 Himself. 15WhatG4226 thenG3767 has become of yourG4771 blessingG3108? ForG1063 I can testifyG3140 thatG3754, ifG1487 it were possibleG1415, you would have torn outG1846 yourG4771 eyesG3788 and givenG1325 them to meG1473. 16Have I now becomeG5620G1096 yourG4771 enemyG2190 by telling you the truthG226G4771?

17Those people are zealous for youG2206G4771, but notG3756 in a good wayG2573. InsteadG235, they wantG2309 to isolateG1576 youG4771 from us, so thatG2443 you may be zealousG2206 for themG846. 18NeverthelessG1161, it is goodG2570 to be zealousG2206 if it servesG1722 a nobleG2570 purpose—at any timeG3842, andG2532 notG3361 onlyG3440 whenG1722 I amG1473 withG3918G4314 youG4771.

19MyG1473 childrenG5043, for whomG3739 I am againG3825 in the pains of childbirthG5605 untilG3360 ChristG5547 is formedG3445 inG1722 youG4771, 20how I wishG2309 I could beG3918 withG4314 youG4771 nowG737 andG2532 changeG236 myG1473 toneG5456, becauseG3754 I am perplexedG639 aboutG1722 youG4771.