Gálatas 4:13

13 Que vosotros sabéis que por flaqueza de carne os anuncié el Evangelio al principio

Gálatas 4:13 Meaning and Commentary

Galatians 4:13

Ye know how, through infirmity of the flesh
Meaning either their infirmity, to which the apostle accommodated himself in preaching the Gospel to them, delivering it in such a manner as suited with their capacities, feeding them with milk, and not with strong meat; or his own infirmity, respecting either some particular bodily infirmity and disorder, as the headache, with which he is said to be greatly troubled; or the weakness of his bodily presence, the mean outward appearance he made, the contemptibleness of his voice, and the great humility with which he behaved; or rather the many reproaches, afflictions, and persecutions which attended him, when, says he,

I preached the Gospel unto you at the first;
not the law, but the Gospel; and this he did at his first entrance among them, and was the first that preached it to them, and was the means of their conversion; and therefore, being their spiritual Father, they ought to be as he was, and follow him as they had him for an example.

Gálatas 4:13 In-Context

11 Temo por vosotros, que haya trabajado en vano en vosotros

12 Hermanos, os ruego, sed como yo, porque yo soy como vosotros; ningún agravio me habéis hecho

13 Que vosotros sabéis que por flaqueza de carne os anuncié el Evangelio al principio

14 y no desechasteis ni menospreciasteis mi aflicción que estaba en mi carne; antes me recibisteis como a un ángel de Dios, como al mismo Cristo Jesús

15 ¿Dónde está pues vuestra bienaventuranza? Porque yo os doy testimonio que si se pudiera hacer, os hubierais sacado vuestros ojos para dármelos