Gálatas 4:13

13 e vós sabeis que por causa de uma enfermidade da carne vos anunciei o evangelho a primeira vez,

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 a vosso respeito não haja eu trabalhado em vão entre vós.

12 Irmãos, rogo-vos que vos torneis como eu, porque também eu me tornei como vós. Nenhum mal me fizestes;

13 e vós sabeis que por causa de uma enfermidade da carne vos anunciei o evangelho a primeira vez,

14 e aquilo que na minha carne era para vós uma tentação, não o desprezastes nem o repelistes, antes me recebestes como a um anjo de Deus, mesmo como a Cristo Jesus.

15 Onde está, pois, aquela vossa satisfação? Porque vos dou testemunho de que, se possível fora, teríeis arrancado os vossos olhos, e mos teríeis dado.