1 Thessalonians 2:5-10

5For we have not at any time been [among you] with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, 1God [is] witness;

6nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;

7but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

8Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of 2God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.

9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of 3God.

10Ye [are] witnesses, and 4God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe: