Galatians 4:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:17

And your handmaid thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest’; for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”

2 Samuel 19:27

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.

Job 12:5

In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.

Psalm 119:141

I am small and despised, yet I do not forget thy precepts.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord will put a shield about the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, at their head.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 10:40

“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Matthew 18:5

“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me;

Matthew 25:40

And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’

Luke 10:16

“He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

John 13:20

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any one whom I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.”

1 Corinthians 1:28

God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Galatians 3:26

for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Galatians 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:13

you know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first;

Galatians 4:15

What has become of the satisfaction you felt? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.