Galatians 4:12

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are; ye have not injured me at all.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ... - There is great brevity in this passage, and no little obscurity, and a great many different interpretat...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all. (5) He moderates and qualifies those things in whi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An affectionate paragraph, reminding the Galatians how he had conformed in every legitimate way ( cf. 1 Corinthians 9:19 ff.) to their customs, an...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

beseech. Greek. deomai . App-134. be . become. for I, &c. Read, for. (was) as ye (are). have . Omit. not... at all . (in) nothing Gre...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Be as I am. Having till now spoken roughly, he begins to adopt a milder strain. The former harshness had been more than justified by the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all. Be as I am - Thoroughly addicted to the Christian faith...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For I am as ye are:— the original words καγω ως υμεις are ambiguous, and may either signify, I am, or I have been, as ye are. Our translation t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. Be [become: ginesthe ( G1096 )] as I am - `as I...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Bondage of the Law. Freedom in Christ 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. Paraphra...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As I am ] loyal to Christ: cp. 1 Corinthians 11:1 . I am as ye are ] cp. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 . RV puts a period after ' ye are ,' and the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Be as I am. — Use the same Christian freedom that I use. For I am as ye are. — I lay no stress on my pure Jewish descent. I claim no privileges...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(12-16) Let me beg of you: cast off the bondage of Judaism as I have done, just as I gave p its privileges to place myself on a level with you. I hav...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 PAUL'S ENTREATY. Galatians 4:12-20 THE reproof of the last paragraph ended in a sigh. To see Christ's freemen relapsing into bondag...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Truthful and Devoted Dealing Galatians 4:12-20 How great a loss is it when we allow ourselves to be diverted from the simplicity of faith to tr...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (8) В¶ Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ,.... Though they had gone so far backwards, yet still hoping well of them that they would he reclaimed, he styl...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all. Ver. 12. Be as I am ] No longer a legalist, as onc...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I beseech you, be as I am Follow my example in laying aside your opinion of the necessity of the law; for I am Or rather, I was; as ye are That...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This posit...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Affectionate Remonstrance. A. D. 56. 12 Br...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be as I am; for I am as ye are; be as friendly to me as I am to you: see the like phrase, 1 Kings 22:4 . But how doth the apostle say they had n...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I plead with you, brothers, be as I, for I as you.' We could possibly translate ‘I am as you were.' (As we have shown in the translation there is n...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Now Reveals His Concern and Longing for Them ( Galatians 4:12-20 ). Paul now pleads with them from the heart. He cannot bear to think what th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 4:12 . Be as I am, for I am as ye are. —Paul had become as a Gentile, though he was once a passionate J...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 4:1-5 . Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tuto...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 4:12 . Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. He had told them the gospel, and other t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:1 . The heir, as long as he is a child, and a minor, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all. He is under guard...
The Biblical Illustrator

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am. The call to Christian liberty I. The call is based on personal example. “I am.” Paul, an exemplification o...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Galatians 4:1 Now I say (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed ei...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:20-23 ; 1 Kings 22:4 ; 2 Corinthians 2:5 ; Acts 21:21 ; Galatians 2:14 ; Galatians 6:14 ; Genesis 34:15 ; Philippians 3:7 ;...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Turning unto Law-Works Galatians 4:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by grace, we co...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am — Meet me in mutual love. For I am as ye were — I still love you as affectionately as ye once loved me. Why sho...

¹² Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

Related Commentaries of Galatians 4:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Galatians 4:12