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1 Thessalonians 2:3-12

3ForourexhortationπαράκλησιςparaklēsisG3874[was]notofdeceitG1388,norofuncleanness,noringuile;

4butevenaswehavebeenapprovedofGodθεοῦtheouG2316tohavetheglad tidingsentrustedπιστευθῆναιpisteuthēnaiG4100tous,sowespeakλαλοῦμεν,laloumenG2980;notaspleasingἀρέσκοντεςareskontesG700menG444,butGodθεῷtheōG2316,whoprovesourheartsκαρδίαςkardiasG2588.

5ForwehavenotatanytimeποτεpoteG4218been[amongyou]withflatteringdiscourse,evenasyeknow,norwithapretextπροφάσειprophaseiG4392forcovetousnessG4124,GodθεὸςtheosG2316[is]witnessμάρτυς,martusG3144;

6norseekingζητοῦντεςzētountesG2212gloryδόξανdoxanG1391frommenG444,neitherfromyounorfromothersἄλλων,allōnG243,whenG5613wemighthavebeenG1510achargeasChrist'sapostlesG652;

7buthavebeenG1510gentleinthemidstμέσῳmesōG3319ofyou,asanursewouldcherishherownἑαυτῆςhe'autēsG1438childrenG5043.

8ThusG3779, yearning overyou,wehadfoundourdelightinhaving impartedtoyounotonlyG3440theglad tidingsofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,butourownἑαυτῶνhe'autōnG1438livesG5590alsoκαὶkaiG2532,becauseyehadbecomeἐγενήθητε.egenēthēteG1096belovedἀγαπητοὶagapētoiG27ofus.

9ForyerememberΜνημονεύετεMnēmoneueteG3421,brethren,ourlabourandtoil: workingnightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571anddayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250,nottobechargeabletoanyoneG5100ofyou,wehavepreachedG2784toyoutheglad tidingsofGodθεοῦ.theouG2316.

10Ye [are]witnessesG3144,andGodθεός,theosG2316,howὡςhōsG5613piouslyandrighteouslyδικαίωςdikaiōsG1346andblamelesslywehaveconducted ourselveswithyouthatbelieveG4100:

11asyeknowhowG5613,asafatherπατὴρpatērG3962hisownG1438childrenG5043,weusedtoexhortG3870eachoneἕναhenaG1520ofyou,andcomfortG3870andtestify,

12thatyeshouldwalkπεριπατεῖνperipateinG4043worthyofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,whocallsκαλοῦντοςkalountosG2564youtohisownἑαυτοῦhe'autouG1438kingdomβασιλείανbasileianG932andgloryδόξαν.¶doxanG1391.

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