Galatians 4:12
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
KJV
Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε·
Greek NT
Estote sicut ego, quia et ego sicut vos : fratres, obsecro vos. Nihil me læsistis.
Vulgate
I beseech you, brethren, become as I am, for I also am become as ye are. Ye did me no wrong:
ASV
Be ye as I, because I also am as you brethren, I beseech you. You have not injured me at all.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέομαι
deomai
verb · 22×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀδικέω
adikeo
verb · 27×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:10 — Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
- 1Cor 9:20 — And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
- 1Kgs 22:4 — And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
- 2Cor 2:5 — But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
- 2Kgs 10:15 — And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab a
- Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Gen 34:15 — But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;