11. I am alarmed [about you], lest I have labored among and over you to no purpose and in vain.
12. Brethren, I beg of you, become as I am [free from the bondage of Jewish ritualism and ordinances], for I also have become as you are [a Gentile]. You did me no wrong [in the days when I first came to you; do not do it now].
13. On the contrary, you know that it was on account of a bodily ailment that [I remained and] preached the Gospel to you the first time.