New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Thessalonians 2:3-10

3For our 1exhortationG3874 does not come from 2errorG4106 orG3761 3impurityG167 orG3761 4by wayG1722 of 5deceitG1388; 4 6but justG2531 asG2531 we have been approvedG1381 by GodG2316 to be 7entrustedG4100 with the gospelG2098, soG3779 we speakG2980, 8not intendingG5613 to pleaseG700 peopleG444, but to please GodG2316, who 9 10examinesG1381 our heartsG2588. 5For we neverG3777 G4218 cameG1096 11with flatteringG2850 speechG3056, as you knowG3609, norG3777 with 12a pretextG4392 13for greedG4124--14GodG2316 is our witnessG3144-- 6norG3777 did we 15seekG2212 honorG1391 from peopleG444, eitherG3777 from you orG3777 from othersG243, though 16we could have 17assertedG1510 G922 our authorityG922 as 18apostlesG652 of ChristG5547. 7But we 19provedG1096 to be 20 21gentleG2261 22amongG1722 G3319 you. 23As a nursingG5162 mother 24tenderlyG2282 caresG2282 forG2282 her ownG1438 childrenG5043, 8in the sameG3779 wayG3779 we hadG3655 aG3655 fondG3655 affectionG3655 for you and were delightedG2106 to 25shareG3330 with you not onlyG3440 the 26gospelG2098 of GodG2316, but alsoG2532 our ownG1438 27livesG5590, becauseG1360 you had becomeG1096 28veryG27 dearG27 to us.

9For you recallG3421, brothersG80 and sisters, our 29laborG2873 and hardshipG3449: it was by 30workingG2038 nightG3571 and dayG2250 soG4314 as not to beG1912 aG1912 31burdenG1912 toG1912 anyG5100 of you, that we proclaimedG2784 to you the 32gospelG2098 of GodG2316. 10You are witnessesG3144, and so is 33GodG2316, of 34howG5613 devoutlyG3743 and rightlyG1346 and blamelesslyG274 we 35behavedG1096 toward you 36believersG4100;

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Acts 13:15 ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Thess 2:11 ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 1 Thess 4:7 ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Lit in deceit ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Cor 4:2 ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 2 Cor 2:17 ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 2:7 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 1:10 ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Rom 8:27 ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Lit in a word of flattery ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Acts 20:33; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 I.e., to conceal greed ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Rom 1:9; 1 Thess 2:10 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 John 5:41, 44; 2 Cor 4:5 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Lit being able to ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Or been burdensome as ↩
18. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 1 Cor 9:1f ↩
19. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or became gentle ↩
20. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Three early mss infants ↩
21. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
22. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Lit in the midst of you ↩
23. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Gal 4:19; 1 Thess 2:11 ↩
24. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or cherishes ↩
25. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 2 Cor 12:15; 1 John 3:16 ↩
26. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Rom 1:1 ↩
27. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Or souls ↩
28. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Lit beloved ↩
29. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Phil 4:16; 2 Thess 3:8 ↩
30. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Acts 18:3 ↩
31. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 1 Cor 9:4f; 2 Cor 11:9 ↩
32. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Rom 1:1 ↩
33. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 1 Thess 2:5 ↩
34. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 2 Cor 1:12; 1 Thess 1:5 ↩
35. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Lit became ↩
36. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Or who believe ↩

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