🕊️WEB · Galatians 4:15

What does Galatians 4:15 mean?

"What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me."

— Galatians 4:15 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

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but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.

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That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

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So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

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They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

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But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

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