Your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest’; for my lord the king is like the angel of God, discerning good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”
Galatians 4:14 - New Revised Standard Version though my condition put you to the test, you did not scorn or despise me, but welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. 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, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest’; for my lord the king is like the angel of God, discerning good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”
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.
Those at ease have contempt for misfortune, but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.
So I said, “Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
On that day the Lord will shield 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.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’
“Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”
God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are,
We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
You know that it was because of a physical infirmity that I first announced the gospel to you;
What has become of the goodwill you felt? For I testify that, had it been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God's word, which is also at work in you believers.
Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.