12 Brothers, I ask you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong.
13 You know that it was because of an infirmity of the flesh that I first preached the gospel to you.
14 Though my infirmity was a trial to you, you neither despised nor rejected me, but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
15 So where is your blessing? For I bear witness of you that, if it had been possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.
16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
17 They would zealously influence you, but not favorably. Yes, they would exclusively control you, so that you might consult them.
18 But it is good to be zealous in a good manner always and not only when I am present with you.