New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Thessalonians 2:5-10
5For we neverG3777G4218 cameG1096 1with flatteringG2850 speechG3056, as you knowG3609, norG3777 with 2a pretextG4392 for greedG4124--3GodG2316 is witnessG3144-- 6norG3777 did we 4seekG2212 gloryG1391 from menG444, eitherG3777 from you orG3777 from othersG243, even though as 5apostlesG652 of ChristG5547 6we might have 7assertedG1510G922 our authorityG922. 7But we 8provedG1096 to be 910gentleG2261 11amongG1722G3319 you, 12as a nursingG5162 mother 13tenderlyG2282 caresG2282 for her ownG1438 childrenG5043. 8HavingG3655 soG3779 fondG3655 an affectionG3655 for you, we were well-pleasedG2106 to 14impartG3330 to you not onlyG3440 the 15gospelG2098 of GodG2316 but alsoG2532 our ownG1438 16livesG5590, becauseG1360 you had becomeG1096 17veryG27 dearG27 to us.
9For you recallG3421, brethrenG80, our 18laborG2873 and hardshipG3449, how 19workingG2038 nightG3571 and dayG2250 soG4314 as not to be a 20burdenG1912 to anyG5100 of you, we proclaimedG2784 to you the 21gospelG2098 of GodG2316. 10You are witnessesG3144, and so is 22GodG2316, 23howG5613 devoutlyG3743 and uprightlyG1346 and blamelesslyG274 we 24behavedG1096 toward you 25believersG4100;
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 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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