1 Thessalonians 2:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ We did not seek praise from people—from you or from anyone else— ⁷ even though as apostles of the Messiah^[a] we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle^[b] among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children. ⁸ We cared so deeply for you that we were determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but our very lives. That is how dear you were to us.