11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain!
12 I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong—
13 you know it was because of a physical ailment that I proclaimed the Good News to you the first time;
14 and though my physical condition was a trial to you, you did not hate or reject me. No, you welcomed me as a messenger of God—or even as Messiah Yeshua.
15 So where is your sense of joy? For I testify that you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me, if possible.
16 So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?!
17 Others zealously court you—not in a good way, but they wish to shut you out so that you will court them.