1 Thessalonians 2:1-13

1For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vainG2756;

2but, having suffered before and been insulted, evenG2532 as ye know, in PhilippiG5375, we were bold in our 1GodG2316 to speakG2980 unto you the glad tidings of 2GodG2316 with muchG4183 earnest striving.

3For our exhortationG3874 [was] not of deceitG1388, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;

4but even as we have been approved of 3GodG2316 to have the glad tidings entrustedG4100 to us, so we speakG2980; not as pleasingG700 menG444, but 4GodG2316, who proves our heartsG2588.

5For we have not at any timeG4218 been [among you] with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretextG4392 for covetousnessG4124, 5GodG2316 [is] witnessG3144;

6nor seekingG2212 gloryG1391 from menG444, neither from you nor from othersG243, whenG5613 we might have beenG1510 a charge as Christ's apostlesG652;

7but have beenG1510 gentle in the midstG3319 of you, as a nurse would cherish her ownG1438 childrenG5043.

8ThusG3779, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not onlyG3440 the glad tidings of 6GodG2316, but our ownG1438 livesG5590 alsoG2532, because ye had becomeG1096 belovedG27 of us.

9For ye rememberG3421, brethren, our labour and toil: working nightG3571 and dayG2250, not to be chargeable to any oneG5100 of you, we have preachedG2784 to you the glad tidings of 7GodG2316.

10Ye [are] witnessesG3144, and 8GodG2316, howG5613 piously and righteouslyG1346 and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believeG4100:

11as ye know howG5613, as a fatherG3962 his ownG1438 childrenG5043, we used to exhortG3870 each oneG1520 of you, and comfortG3870 and testify,

12that ye should walkG4043 worthy of 9GodG2316, who callsG2564 you to his ownG1438 kingdomG932 and gloryG1391.

13And for this cause we alsoG2532 giveG2168 thanksG2168 to 10GodG2316 unceasinglyG89 that, having receivedG3880 [the] wordG3056 of [the] reportG3056 of 11GodG2316 by us, ye acceptedG1209, not men's wordG3056, but, evenG2532 as it isG1510 trulyG230, 12God's wordG3056, which alsoG2532 worksG1754 in you who believeG4100.