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12 I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also [have become] like you. You have done me no [wrong]!
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I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
13 But you know that because of an illness of the flesh I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time.
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As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you,
14 And you did not despise or disdain [what was] a trial for you in my flesh, but you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus.
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and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
15 So where [is] your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes [and] given [them] to me!
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Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
16 So then, have I become your enemy [by] being truthful to you?
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Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 They zealously seek you, not commendably, but they want to exclude you, in order that you may seek them [zealously].
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Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.
18 But [it is] good to be sought zealously in good at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
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It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.
19 My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!
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My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
20 But I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone because I am perplexed about you.
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how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
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