Galati 4:13

13 Ora, voi sapete come per l’addietro io vi evangelizzai con infermità della carne.

Galati 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.

Galati 4:13 In-Context

11 Io temo di voi, ch’io non abbia faticato invano inverso voi.

12 Siate come sono io, perciocchè io ancora son come voi; fratelli, io ve ne prego, voi non mi avete fatto alcun torto.

13 Ora, voi sapete come per l’addietro io vi evangelizzai con infermità della carne.

14 E voi non isprezzaste, nè schifaste la mia prova, che era nella mia carne; anzi mi accoglieste come un angelo di Dio, come Cristo Gesù stesso.

15 Che cosa adunque vi faceva così predicar beati? poichè io vi rendo testimonianza che se fosse stato possibile, voi vi sareste cavati gli occhi, e me li avreste dati.