1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

Legacy Standard Bible

⁷ But we ^[a]proved to be ^[b](A)gentle ^[c]among you, ^(B)as a nursing mother ^[d]tenderly cares for her own children. ⁸ In this way, having fond affection for you, we were pleased to ^(C)impart to you not only the ^(D)gospel of God but also our own ^[e]lives, because you had become beloved to us.

⁹ For you remember, brothers, our ^(E)labor and hardship, how ^(F)working night and day so as not to be a ^(G)burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the ^(H)gospel of God. ¹⁰ You are witnesses, and so is ^(I)God, of ^(J)how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we ^[f]behaved toward you ^[g]believers; ¹¹ just as you know how we were ^(K)exhorting and encouraging and ^(L)bearing witness to each one of you as ^(M)a father would his own children, ¹² so that you would ^(N)walk in a manner worthy of the God who ^(O)calls you into His own kingdom and ^(P)glory.