Galater 4:13

13 Ihr wisset aber, daß ich in Schwachheit des Fleisches euch ehedem das Evangelium verkündigt habe;

Galater 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.

Galater 4:13 In-Context

11 Ich fürchte um euch, ob ich nicht etwa vergeblich an euch gearbeitet habe.

12 Seid wie ich, denn auch ich bin wie ihr, Brüder, ich bitte euch; ihr habt mir nichts zuleide getan.

13 Ihr wisset aber, daß ich in Schwachheit des Fleisches euch ehedem das Evangelium verkündigt habe;

14 und meine Versuchung, die in meinem Fleische war, habt ihr nicht verachtet noch verabscheut, sondern wie einen Engel Gottes nahmet ihr mich auf, wie Christum Jesum.

15 Was war denn eure Glückseligkeit? Denn ich gebe euch Zeugnis, daß ihr, wenn möglich, eure Augen ausgerissen und mir gegeben hättet.