1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Legacy Standard Bible

Entrusted with the Gospel

2 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our ^(A)entrance to you ^(B)was not in vain, ² but after we had already suffered and been ^(C)mistreated in ^(D)Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God ^(E)to speak to you the ^(F)gospel of God amid much ^(G)struggle. ³ For our ^(H)exhortation does not come from ^(I)error or ^(J)impurity or ^[a]by way of ^(K)deceit; ^4 (L)but just as we have been approved by God to be ^(M)entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, ^(N)not as pleasing men, but God who ^[b](O)examines our hearts. ⁵ For we never came with a flattering word, as you know, nor with ^(P)a pretext for greed—^(Q)God is witness— ⁶ nor ^(R)seeking glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as ^(S)apostles of Christ we ^[c]could have been a burden to you. ⁷ But we ^[d]proved to be ^[e](T)gentle ^[f]among you, ^(U)as a nursing mother ^[g]tenderly cares for her own children. ⁸ In this way, having fond affection for you, we were pleased to ^(V)impart to you not only the ^(W)gospel of God but also our own ^[h]lives, because you had become beloved to us.

⁹ For you remember, brothers, our ^(X)labor and hardship, how ^(Y)working night and day so as not to be a ^(Z)burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the ^(AA)gospel of God. ¹⁰ You are witnesses, and so is ^(AB)God, of ^(AC)how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we ^[i]behaved toward you ^[j]believers; ¹¹ just as you know how we were ^(AD)exhorting and encouraging and ^(AE)bearing witness to each one of you as ^(AF)a father would his own children, ¹² so that you would ^(AG)walk in a manner worthy of the God who ^(AH)calls you into His own kingdom and ^(AI)glory.