Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;
New American Standard Bible
I beg of you,
King James Version
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Holman Bible
I beg you, brothers: Become like me, for I also became like you. You have not wronged me;
International Standard Version
I beg you, brothers, to become like me, since I became like you. You did not do anything wrong to me.
A Conservative Version
I beseech you, brothers, become like me, because I also am like ye. Ye wronged me in nothing.
American Standard Version
I beseech you, brethren, become as I am , for I also am become as ye are . Ye did me no wrong:
Amplified
Believers, I beg of you, become as I am [free from the bondage of Jewish ritualism and ordinances], for I have become as you are [a Gentile]. You did me no wrong [when I first came to you; do not do it now].
An Understandable Version
I urge of you, brothers, become like me [in this matter], for I have become like you. You did not do anything wrong to me, [even as I have not wronged you].
Anderson New Testament
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; because I was as you are. You have injured me in nothing.
Common New Testament
Brethren, I beg you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong;
Daniel Mace New Testament
I beseech you, brethren, be as I am, for I was as you are.
Darby Translation
Be as I am, for I also am as ye, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.
Goodspeed New Testament
Take my position, I beg you, brothers, just as I once took yours! You took no advantage of me then;
John Wesley New Testament
Ye know how though infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gospel to you at first.
Julia Smith Translation
Be ye as I, for I also as you, brethren, I pray you: ye injured me nothing.
King James 2000
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as you are: you have not injured me at all.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also [have become] like you. You have done me no [wrong]!
Modern King James verseion
Brothers, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as you. You have not injured me at all.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Brethren, I beseech you, be ye as I am: for I am as ye are. Ye have not hurt me at all.
Moffatt New Testament
Do take my line, brothers, I beg of you ??just as I once took yours. I have no complaint against you;
Montgomery New Testament
Brothers, I beseech you, become as I am, because I also have become as you are. You never did me any wrong;
NET Bible
I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!
New Heart English Bible
I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
Noyes New Testament
Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, for I also have become as ye are; ye injured me in nothing.
Sawyer New Testament
I beseech you, brothers, be as I am, for I am as you [ought to be]. You did not injure me;
The Emphasized Bible
Become ye as, I, because, I also, was as, ye, - brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged me.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Be as I am, for I also am as ye are, brethren??his is my request to you: ye have not injured me in the least.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I entreat you, Brothers, to become like me, as I became like you. You have never done me any wrong.
Webster
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Weymouth New Testament
Brethren, become as I am, I beseech you; for I have also become like you. In no respect did you behave badly to me.
Williams New Testament
I beg you, brothers, take my point of view, just as I took yours. You did me no injustice then.
World English Bible
I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
Worrell New Testament
Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am; because I also was as ye are. Ye wronged me in nothing;
Worsley New Testament
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I also was as ye are: and ye have not injured me at all.
Youngs Literal Translation
Become as I am -- because I also am as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,
Interlinear
Ginomai
Adikeo
Adikeo
References
Fausets
Morish
Word Count of 36 Translations in Galatians 4:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Be Enslaved Again
11 I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose. 12 My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong; 13 But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;
Names
Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:5
But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).
Genesis 34:15
But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;
1 Kings 22:4
And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
Acts 21:21
And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.
1 Corinthians 9:20-23
And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.
2 Corinthians 6:13
Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
Galatians 6:18
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.
Philippians 3:7-8
But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.