What does Paul mean by his 'temptation' or 'testing' in the flesh in Galatians 4:13-14?
Paul refers to the physical infirmities or weakness in his flesh that he was enduring when he first preached the gospel to the Galatians. The word is better understood as testing rather than temptation. Despite this fleshly trial, the Galatians did not despise or reject him; they received him as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
In Galatians 4:11-14 Paul repeats that he fears he labored in vain, asks them to be as he is, and reminds them that through infirmities of the flesh he preached the gospel at first. Les explains that “testing” is a better word than “temptation” for the trial that was in Paul’s flesh. The Galatians did not despise nor reject him; instead they received him as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
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