Gálatas 4:13

13 pero sabéis que fue por causa de una enfermedad física que os anuncié el evangelio la primera 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 por vosotros, que quizá en vano he trabajado por vosotros.

12 Os ruego, hermanos, haceos como yo, pues yo también me he hecho como vosotros. Ningún agravio me habéis hecho;

13 pero sabéis que fue por causa de una enfermedad física que os anuncié el evangelio la primera vez;

14 y lo que para vosotros fue una prueba en mi condición física, no despreciasteis ni rechazasteis, sino que me recibisteis como un ángel de Dios, como a Cristo Jesús mismo.

15 ¿Dónde está, pues, aquel sentido de bendición que tuvisteis? Pues testigo soy en favor vuestro de que de ser posible, os hubierais sacado los ojos y me los hubierais dado.