Galatians 4:12

Galatians 4:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
• New International Version (NIV)I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Brothers, I entreat you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. You have not injured me at all.

Context of Galatians 4:12

10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. Brethren, I beseech you, be as Iam ; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all. 13Ye know that in infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to 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.

Galatians 4:12 word by word

Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς.¶ Ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν· οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε.Read the interlinear

• Brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• beseechδέομαιdeomai · to prayG1189
• youὑμῶνhumōn · of youG5216
• beγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• Iκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• yeὑμεῖςhumeis · youG5210
• injuredἀδικέωadikeō · to harmG91
• meμέme · meG3165
• allοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762

Cross-references for Galatians 4:12

• Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
• Galatians 6:14But may it never be that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
• Genesis 34:15But in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you shall be circumcised;
• 1 Kings 22:4And he said to Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
• Acts 21:21And they are informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
• 1 Corinthians 9:20And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
• Philippians 3:7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 2:5But if any hath caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not burden you all.

Commentaries on Galatians 4:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Be as I am - Thoroughly addicted to the Christian faith and worship, from the deepest conviction of its truth. For I am as ye are - I was formerly a Jew, and as zealously addicted to the rites and ceremonies of Judaism as ye are, but I am saved from that mean and unprofitable dependence: "Be therefore as I am now; who was once as you now are." Others think the sense to be this: "Be as affectionate to me as I am to you; for ye were once as loving to me as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am … - There is great brevity in this passage, and no little obscurity, and a great many different interpretations have been given of it by commentators. The various views expressed may be seen in Bloomfield‘s Crit. Dig. Locke renders it, “Let you and I be as if we were all one, Think yourselves to be very me; as I in my own mind put no difference at all between you and myself.” Koppe explains it thus: Imitate my example…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-18Verses 12-18 The apostle desires that they would be of one mind with him respecting the law of Moses, as well as united with him in love. In reproving others, we should take care to convince them that our reproofs are from sincere regard to the honour of God and religion and their welfare. The apostle reminds the Galatians of the difficulty under which he laboured when he first came among them. But he notices, that he was a welcome messenger to them. Yet…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12become like me: Paul was a devoted Jew. He stopped trying to earn righteousness and accepted God's free grace in Jesus Christ. Now, Paul asks these Gentiles to follow his example instead of adopting the Jewish practices he left behind. Paul's advice throughout the rest of the letter (4:12–6:10) comes from this single command. You have done me no wrong: Similarly, the Galatians should not mistreat Paul now but should continue to warmly accept his ministry…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. be as I am--"As I have in my life among you cast off Jewish habits, so do ye; for I am become as ye are," namely, in the non-observance of legal ordinances. "The fact of my laying them aside among Gentiles, shows that I regard them as not at all contributing to justification or sanctification. Do you regard them in the same light, and act accordingly." His observing the law among the Jews was not inconsistent with this, for he did so only in order to…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 4:12

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In the dictionaries

• Doubt
• Flesh
• Observe
• Zealously
• Galatians, Epistle to the
• Thorn in the Flesh
• reject, rejected, rejection

Commentaries on Galatians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings