New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 2:1-7

1For you yourselves know, brethren, that our 1 2coming to you 3was not in vain,

2but after we had already suffered and been 4mistreated in 5Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God 6to speak to you the 7gospel of God amid much 8 9opposition.

3For our 10exhortation does not come from 11error or 12impurity or 13by way of 14deceit;

4 15but just as we have been approved by God to be 16entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, 17not as pleasing men, but God who 18 19examines our hearts.

5For we never came 20with flattering speech, as you know, nor with 21a pretext for greed--22God is witness--

6nor did we 23seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as 24apostles of Christ 25we might have 26asserted our authority.

7But we 27proved to be 28 29gentle 30among you, 31as a nursing mother 32tenderly cares for her own children.

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 Lit entrance ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 1 Thess 1:9 ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 2 Thess 1:10 ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Acts 14:5; 16:19-24; Phil 1:30 ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Acts 16:22-24 ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Acts 17:1-9 ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Rom 1:1 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Or struggle, conflict ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Phil 1:30 ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Acts 13:15 ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Thess 2:11 ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 1 Thess 4:7 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Lit in deceit ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Cor 4:2 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 2 Cor 2:17 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 2:7 ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 1:10 ↩
18. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves ↩
19. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Rom 8:27 ↩
20. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Lit in a word of flattery ↩
21. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Acts 20:33; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
22. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Rom 1:9; 1 Thess 2:10 ↩
23. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 John 5:41, 44; 2 Cor 4:5 ↩
24. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 1 Cor 9:1f ↩
25. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Lit being able to ↩
26. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Or be burdensome ↩
27. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or became gentle ↩
28. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Three early mss read babes ↩
29. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
30. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Lit in the midst of you ↩
31. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Gal 4:19; 1 Thess 2:11 ↩
32. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or cherishes ↩

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