¹²Brothers,³ ^tI entreat you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. ^uYou did me no wrong. ¹³You know it was ^vbecause of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you ^wat first, ¹⁴and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me ^xas an angel of God, ^yas Christ Jesus.

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Footnotes

3Or Brothers and sisters; also verses 28, 31

Cross references

sch. 2:2; 5:2, 4; 1 Thess. 3:5
t[2 Cor. 6:13]
u[2 Cor. 2:5]
vSee 1 Cor. 2:3
w[ch. 1:6]
x 1 Sam. 29:9; [Mal. 2:7 (Gk.); 2 Cor. 5:20]
ySee Matt. 10:40

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.

I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong. As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

I beg you, brothers and sisters: Become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have not wronged me; you know that previously I preached the gospel to you because of a weakness of the flesh. You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself.

NLTNew Living Translation

I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing. Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to live as I do in freedom from these things, for I have become like you Gentiles—free from those laws.

You did not mistreat me when I first preached to you. Surely you remember that I was sick when I first brought you the Good News. But even though my condition tempted you to reject me, you did not despise me or turn me away. No, you took me in and cared for me as though I were an angel from God or even Christ Jesus himself.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain! I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

But you know that because of an illness of the flesh I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time. And you did not despise or disdain what was a trial for you in my flesh, but you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus.

KJV 1900King James Version

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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