Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.’
Galatians 4:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [yet] although my physical condition was [such] a trial to you, you did not regard it with contempt, or scorn and loathe and reject me; but you received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus [Himself]! American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Though my poor health burdened you, you didn’t look down on me or reject me, but you welcomed me as if I were an angel from God, or as if I were Christ Jesus! Catholic Public Domain Version You did not despise or reject me. But instead, you accepted me like an Angel of God, even like Christ Jesus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You despised not, nor rejected: but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. |
Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.’
Ziba slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do whatever you think best.
The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
And I said, ‘Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.’
On that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that on that day the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord, before them.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.
‘The one who welcomes you welcomes me, and the one who welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.
‘And the King will answer them, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.’
Truly I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives him who sent me.’
God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world #– #what is viewed as nothing #– #to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonoured!
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, ‘Be reconciled to God.’
There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.
you know that previously I preached the gospel to you because of a weakness of the flesh.
Where, then, is your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.
Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.