Galates 4:13

13 Vous ne m'avez fait aucun tort; et vous savez que je vous ai annoncé ci-devant l'Évangile dans l'infirmité de la chair;

Galates 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.

Galates 4:13 In-Context

11 Je crains pour vous que je n'aie travaillé en vain à votre égard.

12 Soyez comme moi, car moi aussi j'ai été comme vous; je vous en prie, frères.

13 Vous ne m'avez fait aucun tort; et vous savez que je vous ai annoncé ci-devant l'Évangile dans l'infirmité de la chair;

14 Et vous ne m'avez point méprisé ni rejeté, à cause de ces épreuves que j'ai dans ma chair; mais vous m'avez reçu comme un ange de Dieu, et comme Jésus-Christ.

15 Qu'est-ce donc qui faisait alors votre bonheur? Car je vous rends témoignage, que s'il eût été possible, vous vous fussiez arraché les yeux pour me les donner.