1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

Authorized (King James) Version

⁷ But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: ⁸ so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. ⁹ For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. ¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: ¹¹ as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, ¹² that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.