1 Thessalonians 2:6-8

New Century Version

⁶ We were not looking for human praise, from you or anyone else, ⁷ even though as apostles of Christ we could have used our authority over you.

But we were very gentle with you,^[a] like a mother caring for her little children. ⁸ Because we loved you, we were happy to share not only God’s Good News with you, but even our own lives. You had become so dear to us!