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4:8 Paul’s concerns about their faith

8 When you didn’t know God, you served others who are not really gods at all. 9 But now that you do know God, or rather than God now knows you, why would you turn back again to useless and inferior beliefs and to serve them all over again? 10 You all observe special holidays and certain months and seasons and years. 11 I worry that maybe I’ve wasted my time helping you all.

12 I implore you all to become like me, brothers and sisters, because I’m also just like you. You haven’t wronged me in any way 13 but you know that it was a result of my fleshly weakness that I originally preached the good message to you.[fn] 14 Yet you didn’t mock or despise me for this trial of my flesh, but rather all of you received me as God’s messenger like you might have received the messiah Yeshua himself. 15 So where are your generous attitudes now? I know that back then, you would have almost dug your own eyes out to give them to me. 16 Have I now become your enemy just because I told you all the truth?

17 Those others have worked hard to try to win you over but not for good reasons—they want to cut you off so that you’ll be enthusiastic about them. 18 It’s good to be enthusiastic about things that are always good, and not only at the times when I’m with you all. 19 My dear ones who I’m again labouring with in childbirth until the messiah becomes part of you, 20 I wanted to be there with you all now and to speak quite differently than this because I’m puzzled about you.

4:13 Scholars are unclear whether this might mean something like ill health, poor eyesight (see v15), or even a moral weakness, so we’ve left it as ambiguous in the translation as it is in the original.

8 But then on _one _hand not having _known god, you _all _served for _the ones by _nature not being gods, 9 on _the _other _hand now having _known god, and rather having _been _known by god, how are _you _all _turning _back again to the weak and poor principles, for _which again you _all _are _wanting to _be _serving again?
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10 You _all _are _observing days, and months, and seasons, and years.
11 I _am _fearing for _you _all, lest somehow I _have _laboured vainly for you _all.
12 Be _becoming as I am, because also _I am as you _all are, brothers, I _am _beseeching of _you _all.
You _all _did_ nothing _wrong me, 13 but you _all _have _known that because _of weakness of _the flesh, I _good _message _preached to _you _all the earlier.
14 And you _all_ not _scorned the trial of _you _all in the flesh of _me, nor you _all _disdained, but as a_messenger of_god you _all _received me, as chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa).
15 Therefore is where the blessing of _you _all?
For/Because I _am _testifying to _you _all that if possible the eyes of _you _all having _dug _out, you _all _gave them to _me.
16 So _as being _truthful to _you _all have _I _become enemy of _you _all,?
17 They _are _being _zealous for _you _all not rightly, but they _are _willing to _exclude you _all, in _order _that you _all _may _be _being _zealous for _them.
18 But it _is good to _be _being _zealous in a_good thing always, and not only in the time me to _be _being _present with you _all.
19 Children of _me, whom again I _am _labouring _in _birth, until of _which chosen _one /messiah may _be _formed in you _all, 20 but I _was _wanting to _be _being _present with you _all now, and to _change the voice of _me, because I _am _perplexing in you _all.

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Paul’s concerns about their faith

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