New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 2:5-10

5For we never came 1with flattering speech, as you know, nor with 2a pretext for greed--3God is witness-- 6nor did we 4seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as 5apostles of Christ 6we might have 7asserted our authority. 7But we 8proved to be 9 10gentle 11among you, 12as a nursing mother 13tenderly cares for her own children. 8Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to 14impart to you not only the 15gospel of God but also our own 16lives, because you had become 17very dear to us.

9For you recall, brethren, our 18labor and hardship, how 19working night and day so as not to be a 20burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the 21gospel of God. 10You are witnesses, and so is 22God, 23how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we 24behaved toward you 25believers;

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Lit in a word of flattery ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Acts 20:33; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Rom 1:9; 1 Thess 2:10 ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 John 5:41, 44; 2 Cor 4:5 ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 1 Cor 9:1f ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Lit being able to ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Or be burdensome ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or became gentle ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Three early mss read babes ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Lit in the midst of you ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Gal 4:19; 1 Thess 2:11 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or cherishes ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 2 Cor 12:15; 1 John 3:16 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Rom 1:1 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Or souls ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Lit beloved ↩
18. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Phil 4:16; 2 Thess 3:8 ↩
19. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Acts 18:3 ↩
20. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 1 Cor 9:4f; 2 Cor 11:9 ↩
21. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Rom 1:1 ↩
22. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 1 Thess 2:5 ↩
23. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 2 Cor 1:12; 1 Thess 1:5 ↩
24. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Lit became ↩
25. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Or who believe ↩

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