Gálatas 4:13

13 Sin duda, recordarán que yo estaba enfermo la primera vez que les llevé la Buena Noticia.

Gálatas 4:13 Meaning and Commentary

Galatians 4:13

Ye know how, through infirmity of the flesh
Meaning either their infirmity, to which the apostle accommodated himself in preaching the Gospel to them, delivering it in such a manner as suited with their capacities, feeding them with milk, and not with strong meat; or his own infirmity, respecting either some particular bodily infirmity and disorder, as the headache, with which he is said to be greatly troubled; or the weakness of his bodily presence, the mean outward appearance he made, the contemptibleness of his voice, and the great humility with which he behaved; or rather the many reproaches, afflictions, and persecutions which attended him, when, says he,

I preached the Gospel unto you at the first;
not the law, but the Gospel; and this he did at his first entrance among them, and was the first that preached it to them, and was the means of their conversion; and therefore, being their spiritual Father, they ought to be as he was, and follow him as they had him for an example.

Gálatas 4:13 In-Context

11 Temo por ustedes. Quizá todo el arduo trabajo que hice entre ustedes fue en vano.

12 Amados hermanos, les ruego que vivan como yo, libres de esas cosas, pues yo llegué a ser como ustedes, los gentiles, libre de esas leyes.
Ustedes no me trataron mal cuando les prediqué por primera vez.

13 Sin duda, recordarán que yo estaba enfermo la primera vez que les llevé la Buena Noticia.

14 Aunque mi condición los tentaba a no aceptarme, ustedes no me despreciaron ni me rechazaron. Todo lo contrario, me recibieron y me cuidaron como si yo fuera un ángel de Dios o incluso el mismo Cristo Jesús.

15 ¿Dónde ha ido a parar el espíritu de alegría y de gratitud que antes tenían? Estoy seguro de que ustedes se hubieran arrancado los propios ojos para dármelos de haber sido posible.