12. I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!
13. But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,
14. and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!
15. Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!
16. So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?