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However then ,
when ye did not know God ye did service unto those who by nature are not gods .
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But now ,
having known God ,
or rather being known of God ,
how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly elements ,
in which ye desire again to be in bondage ?
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Ye observe days and months and times and years .
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I am afraid for you ,
lest I have bestowed labour upon you in vain .
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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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Ye know how through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first .
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And my affliction which was in my flesh ye did not despise ,
nor reject but [
ye ]
received me as an angel of God , [
even ]
as Christ Jesus .
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Where is then the blessedness ye spoke of ?
for I bear you record that if [
it had been ]
possible ,
ye would have plucked out your own eyes and have given them to me .
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Am I ,
therefore ,
become your enemy because I tell you the truth ?
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They are zealous after you , [
but ]
not [
for ]
good ;
they would exclude you [
from us ],
that ye might be zealous after them .
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It is good to be always zealous to [
do ]
good ,
and not only when I am present with you .
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My little children ,
of whom I travail in birth again until Christ is formed in you ,
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I desire to be present with you now and to change my voice ,
for I stand in doubt of you .