1 Thessalonians 2:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle^[a] among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. ⁸ So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.

⁹ You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters;^[b] we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.