Galatians 4:14
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
KJV
καὶ τὸν πειρασμὸν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε, ἀλλὰ ὡς ἄγγελον θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με, ὡς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν.
Greek NT
non sprevistis, neque respuistis : sed sicut angelum Dei excepistis me, sicut Christum Jesum.
Vulgate
and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
ASV
You despised not, nor rejected: but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
δέχομαι
dechomai
verb · 56×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
πειρασμός
peirasmos
noun · 21×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκπτύω
ekptuo
verb · 1×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξουθενέω
exoutheneo
verb · 12×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ὑμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑμῶν | RP: μου τὸν
- ὑμῶν — SBLGNT
- ὑμῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μου τὸν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210231.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Does religion regard only our relation to God? Is religion a virtue? Is religion one virtue? Is religion a special virtue? Is religion a theological virtue? Should religion be preferred to the other moral virtues? Does religion have any external actions? Is religion the same as holiness? Article 1. Whether religion directs man to God alone? Objection 1. It would seem that relig…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 29:9 — And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
- 1Thess 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which e
- 1Thess 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which e
- 1Thess 5:13 — And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
- 2Cor 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
- 2Sam 14:17 — Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
- 2Sam 19:27 — And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
- Acts 10:33 — Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
- Acts 18:23 — And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
- Heb 13:2 — Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
- Isa 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
- John 13:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
- Luke 10:16 — He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
- Mal 2:7 — For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
- Matt 10:40 — He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
- Matt 10:40 — He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
- Matt 13:20 — But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- Matt 18:5 — And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
- Zech 12:8 — In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before