Galatians 4:14

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.

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  • Matt 10:40 : 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
  • Gal 4:13 : 13 but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
  • Matt 18:5 : 5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me:
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
  • John 13:20 : 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
  • 1 Cor 1:28 : 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.
  • 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.
  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
  • Job 12:5 : 5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
  • Ps 119:141 : 141 I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
  • Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
  • Isa 53:2-3 : 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
  • Zech 12:8 : 8 In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them.

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