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Paul's Ministry

For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vain;

Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians

For you yourselves know, brothers,a that our coming to you was not in vain.

but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the glad tidings of God with much earnest striving.

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But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.

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For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;

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For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive,

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but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

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but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.

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For we have not at any time been [among you] with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God [is] witness;

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For we never came with words of flattery,b as you know, nor with a pretext for greed — God is witness.

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nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;

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Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.

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but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

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But we were gentlec among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

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Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.

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So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

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For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.

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For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

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*Ye* [are] witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:

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You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

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as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,

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For you know how, like a father with his children,

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that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

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we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

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And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received [the] word of [the] report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.

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And we also thank God constantlyd for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of mene but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

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For *ye*, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for *ye* also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also *they* of the Jews,

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For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,f

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who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and [are] against all men,

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who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind

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forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always: but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

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by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved — so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!g

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Paul's Longing to Visit

But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;

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Paul’s Longing to See Them Again

But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face,

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wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.

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because we wanted to come to you — I, Paul, again and again — but Satan hindered us.

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For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? [are] not *ye* also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

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For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

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for ye are our glory and joy.

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For you are our glory and joy.

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