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Galatians 4:12

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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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  1. 2 Corinthians 2:5Rank 1 from verse 12
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    5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

  2. 1 Kings 22:4Rank 2 from verse 12
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    4And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

  3. 1 Corinthians 9:20–23Rank 3 from verse 12
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    20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

    21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

    22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

    23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

  4. Genesis 34:15Rank 4 from verse 12
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    15But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

  5. 2 Corinthians 6:13Rank 5 from verse 12
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    13Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

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Galatians 4:12

COMBINED MEANING

brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

12Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

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13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

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