1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Entrusted with the Gospel

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our ^aentrance to you ^bwas not in vain, 2 but after we had already suffered and been ^amistreated in ^bPhilippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God ^cto speak to you the ^dgospel of God amid much ^estruggle. 3 For our ^aexhortation does not come from ^berror or ^cimpurity or ¹by way of ^ddeceit; 4 ^abut just as we have been approved by God to be ^bentrusted with the gospel, so we speak, ^cnot as pleasing men, but God who ¹^dexamines our hearts. 5 For we never came with a flattering word, as you know, nor with ^aa pretext for greed—^bGod is witness— 6 nor ^aseeking glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as ^bapostles of Christ we ¹could have been a burden to you. 7 But we ¹proved to be ²^agentle ³among you, ^bas a nursing mother ⁴tenderly cares for her own children. 8 In this way, having fond affection for you, we were pleased to ^aimpart to you not only the ^bgospel of God but also our own ¹lives, because you had become beloved to us.
9 For you remember, brothers, our ^alabor and hardship, how ^bworking night and day so as not to be a ^cburden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the ^dgospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and so is ^aGod, of ^bhow devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we ¹behaved toward you ²believers; 11 just as you know how we were ^aexhorting and encouraging and ^bbearing witness to each one of you as ^ca father would his own children, 12 so that you would ^awalk in a manner worthy of the God who ^bcalls you into His own kingdom and ^cglory.

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