Galaten 4:13

13 En gij weet, dat ik u door zwakheid des vleses het Evangelie de eerste maal verkondigd heb;

Galaten 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.

Galaten 4:13 In-Context

11 Ik vrees voor u, dat ik niet enigszins tevergeefs aan u gearbeid heb.

12 Weest gij als ik, want ook ik ben als gij; broeders, ik bid u; gij hebt mij geen ongelijk gedaan.

13 En gij weet, dat ik u door zwakheid des vleses het Evangelie de eerste maal verkondigd heb;

14 En mijn verzoeking, die in mijn vlees geschiedde, hebt gij niet veracht noch verfoeid; maar gij naamt mij aan als een engel Gods, ja, als Christus Jezus.

15 Welke was dan uw gelukachting? Want ik geef u getuigenis, dat gij, zo het mogelijk ware, uw ogen zoudt uitgegraven, en mij gegeven hebben.