Galatians 4:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.”
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“I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I beseech you, brethren, become as I am, for I also am become as ye are. Ye did me no wrong:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Become as I <FI>am<Fi> --because I also <FI>am<Fi> as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 4:12 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:15We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
- 1 Kings 22:4So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- Acts 21:21But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
- 1 Corinthians 9:20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
- 2 Corinthians 2:5Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
- 2 Corinthians 6:13As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also.
- Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
- Galatians 6:14But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- Galatians 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
- Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
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