Galatians of the past experience they have had with him [Herm]. It implies that the circumstances that led to Paul’s visit to Galatia are common knowledge among the Galatian Christians [NCBC, TH]. QUESTION—What relationship is indicated by διά ‘on account of’? 1. It indicates that the ailment was the cause of his preaching to them [Alf, BNTC, BST, Herm, ICC, Lns, Lt, Mor, NCBC, NIBC, NIC, NIGTC, SSA, TH, WBC; all versions except GW, KJV, NLT]: He preached the gospel to them because he was sick.