Galati 4:13

13 Voi non mi faceste alcun torto; anzi sapete bene che fu a motivo di una infermità della carne che vi evangelizzai la prima volta;

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, quanto a voi, d’essermi invano affaticato per voi.

12 Siate come son io, fratelli, ve ne prego, perché anch’io sono come voi.

13 Voi non mi faceste alcun torto; anzi sapete bene che fu a motivo di una infermità della carne che vi evangelizzai la prima volta;

14 e quella mia infermità corporale che era per voi una prova, voi non la sprezzaste né l’aveste a schifo; al contrario, mi accoglieste come un angelo di Dio, come Cristo Gesù stesso.

15 Dove son dunque le vostre proteste di gioia? Poiché io vi rendo questa testimonianza: che, se fosse stato possibile, vi sareste cavati gli occhi e me li avreste dati.