New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 2:5-10

5For we neverοὔτε ποτεoute poteG3777 G4218cameἐγενήθημεν,egenēthēmenG1096with flatteringκολακείαςkolakeiasG2850speechλόγῳlogōG3056,as you knowG3609,norοὔτεouteG3777witha pretextπροφάσειprophaseiG4392for greedπλεονεξίας,pleonexiasG4124--GodθεὸςtheosG2316is witnessμάρτυς,martusG3144--

6norοὔτεouteG3777did weseekζητοῦντεςzētountesG2212gloryδόξανdoxanG1391from menἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnG444,eitherοὔτεouteG3777from you orοὔτεouteG3777from othersἄλλων,allōnG243, even though asapostlesG652of ChristG5547we might haveassertedG1510 G922our authorityG922.

7But weprovedἐγενήθημενegenēthēmenG1096to begentleG2261amongἐν μέσῳen mesōG1722 G3319you,as a nursingτροφὸςtrophosG5162mothertenderlyG2282caresG2282for her ownἑαυτῆςhe'autēsG1438childrenτέκνα,teknaG5043.

8HavingG3655soοὕτωςhoutōsG3779fondG3655an affectionG3655for you, we were well-pleasedεὐδοκοῦμενeudokoumenG2106toimpartμεταδοῦναιmetadounaiG3330to you not onlyG3440thegospelεὐαγγέλιονeuangelionG2098of GodθεοῦtheouG2316but alsoκαὶkaiG2532our ownἑαυτῶνhe'autōnG1438livesψυχάς,psuchasG5590,becauseδιότιdiotiG1360you had becomeἐγενήθητε.egenēthēteG1096veryG27dearG27to us.

9For you recallΜνημονεύετεMnēmoneueteG3421,brethrenἀδελφοί,adelphoiG80, ourlaborκόπονkoponG2873and hardshipμόχθον·mochthonG3449, howworkingἐργαζόμενοιergazomenoiG2038nightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571and dayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250soπρὸςprosG4314as not to be aburdenἐπιβαρῆσαίepibarēsaiG1912to anyτιναtinaG5100of you, we proclaimedἐκηρύξαμενekēruxamenG2784to you thegospelεὐαγγέλιονeuangelionG2098of Godθεοῦ.theouG2316.

10You are witnessesμάρτυρεςmarturesG3144, and so isGodθεός,theosG2316,howὡςhōsG5613devoutlyὁσίωςhosiōsG3743and uprightlyδικαίωςdikaiōsG1346and blamelesslyἀμέμπτωςamemptōsG274webehavedἐγενήθημεν,egenēthēmenG1096toward youbelieversπιστεύουσινpisteuousinG4100;

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