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Galatians 4:8-20

8HoweverG235 at that timeG5119, 1when you did not knowG3609 GodG2316, you were 2slavesG1398 to 3thoseG3588 which by natureG5449 are not godsG2316. 9But nowG3568 that you have come to knowG1097 GodG2316, orG1161 ratherG3123 to be 4knownG1097 by GodG2316, 5howG4459 is it that you turnG1994 backG1994 againG3825 to the weakG772 and worthlessG4434 67elementaryG4747 principlesG4747, to whichG3739 you wantG2309 to be enslavedG1398 allG509 overG509 againG3825? 10You 8meticulouslyG3906 observeG3906 daysG2250 and monthsG3376 and seasonsG2540 and yearsG1763. 11I fearG5399 for you, that perhapsG4458 I have laboredG2872 9overG1519 you in vainG1500.

12I begG1189 of you, 10brothersG80 and sisters, 11becomeG1096 as I am, for I alsoG2532 have become as you are. You have doneG91 me noG3762 wrongG91; 13but you knowG3609 that it was becauseG1223 of a 12bodilyG4561 illnessG769 that I preachedG2097 the gospelG2097 to you the 13firstG4387 timeG4387; 14and you did not despiseG1848 that whichG3986 wasG3986 aG3986 trialG3986 to you in my 14bodilyG4561 conditionG4561, norG3761 expressG1609 contemptG1609, but 15you receivedG1209 me as an angelG32 of GodG2316, as ChristG5547 JesusG2424 Himself. 15WhereG4226 thenG3767 is 16that senseG3108 ofG3108 blessingG3108 you had? For I testifyG3140 about you that, ifG1487 possibleG1415, you would have tornG1846 outG1846 your eyesG3788 and givenG1325 them to me. 16SoG5620 have I becomeG1096 your enemyG2190 17by 18tellingG226 you theG226 truthG226? 17They eagerlyG2206 seekG2206 you, not 19in a commendableG2573 wayG2573, but they wantG2309 to shutG1576 you outG1576 soG2443 thatG2443 you will seekG2206 them. 18But it is goodG2570 alwaysG3842 to be eagerlyG2206 soughtG2206 20in a commendableG2570 wayG2570, and 21not onlyG3440 whenG1722 I amG3918 presentG3918 with you. 1922My childrenG5043, with whomG3739 23I amG5605 againG3825 inG5605 laborG5605 untilG3360 24ChristG5547 is formedG3445 in you-- 20but I could wishG2309 to be presentG3918 with you nowG737 and to changeG236 my tone of voiceG5456, for 25I amG639 atG639 aG639 lossG639 aboutG1722 you!

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 4:8 1 Cor 1:21; Eph 2:12; 1 Thess 4:5; 2 Thess 1:8 ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 4:8 Gal 4:3 ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 4:8 2 Chr 13:9; Is 37:19; Jer 2:11; 1 Cor 8:4f; 10:20 ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 4:9 1 Cor 8:3 ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 4:9 Col 2:20 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 4:9 Or rudimentary teachings ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 4:9 Gal 4:3 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 4:10 Rom 14:5; Col 2:16 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 4:11 Or for ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 4:12 Gal 6:18 ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 4:12 2 Cor 6:11, 13 ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 4:13 Lit weakness of the flesh ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 4:13 Or former ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 4:14 Lit flesh ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 4:14 Matt 10:40; 1 Thess 2:13 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 4:15 I.e., considering yourselves fortunate ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 4:16 Amos 5:10 ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 4:16 Or dealing truthfully with you ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 4:17 Or with good intentions ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 4:18 Or with good intentions ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 4:18 Gal 4:13f ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 4:19 1 John 2:1 ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 4:19 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
  24. 24. Galatians 4:19 Eph 4:13 ↩
  25. 25. Galatians 4:20 2 Cor 4:8 ↩

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