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Paul's Personal Appeal and Affection
Galatians 4:12-20
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Brothers, I beg of you: put yourselves in my place — after all, I put myself in your place. It isn’t that you have done me any wrong —
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you know that it was because I was ill that I proclaimed the Good News to you at first;
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and even though my physical condition must have tempted you to treat me with scorn, you did not display any sign of disdain or disgust. No, you welcomed me as if I had been an angel of God, as if I had been the Messiah Yeshua himself!
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So what has become of the joy you felt? For I bear you witness that had it been possible, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me.
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Have I now become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
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True, these teachers are zealous for you, but their motives are not good. They want to separate you from us so that you will become zealous for them.
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To be zealous is good, provided always that the cause is good. Indeed, whether I am present with you or not,
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my dear children, I am suffering the pains of giving birth to you all over again — and this will go on until the Messiah takes shape in you.
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I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone of voice. I don’t know what to do with you.
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