Gálatas 4:13

13 Como bien saben, la primera vez que les prediqué el evangelio fue debido a una enfermedad,

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 ustedes, que tal vez me haya estado esforzando en vano.

12 Hermanos, yo me he identificado con ustedes. Les suplico que ahora se identifiquen conmigo. No es que me hayan ofendido en algo.

13 Como bien saben, la primera vez que les prediqué el evangelio fue debido a una enfermedad,

14 y aunque esta fue una prueba para ustedes, no me trataron con desprecio ni desdén. Al contrario, me recibieron como a un ángel de Dios, como si se tratara de Cristo Jesús.

15 Pues bien, ¿qué pasó con todo ese entusiasmo? Me consta que, de haberles sido posible, se habrían sacado los ojos para dármelos.