Catholic Public Domain Version
"Brothers, I beg you. Be as I am. For I, too, am like you. You have not injured me at all. "
— Galatians 4:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.”
“I beseech you, brethren, become as I am, for I also am become as ye are. Ye did me no wrong: ”
“I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,”
“I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!”
“Be ye as I, because I also am as you brethren, I beseech you. You have not injured me at all.”
“My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;”
“Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.”
But now, since you have known God, or rather, since you have been known by God: how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences, which you desire to serve anew?
You serve the days, and months, and times, and years.
I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you.
Brothers, I beg you. Be as I am. For I, too, am like you. You have not injured me at all.
But you know that, in the weakness of the flesh, I have preached the Gospel to you for a long time, and that your trials are in my flesh.
You did not despise or reject me. But instead, you accepted me like an Angel of God, even like Christ Jesus.
Therefore, where is your happiness? For I offer to you testimony that, if it could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes and would have given them to me.