¹⁵ And you Philippians yourselves know that ^(A)in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, ^(B)no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.

^5 (A)because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

⁸ I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you. ⁹ And when I was with you and was ^(A)in need, ^(B)I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia ^(C)supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain ^(D)from burdening you in any way. ^10 (E)As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine ^(F)will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. ¹¹ And why? ^(G)Because I do not love you? ^(H)God knows I do!

¹² And what I am doing I will continue to do, ^(I)in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.

Concern for the Corinthian Church

^11 (A)I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was ^(B)not at all inferior to these super-apostles, ^(C)even though I am nothing. ^12 (D)The signs of a true apostle were performed among you ^(E)with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works. ¹³ For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that ^(F)I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

¹⁴ Here ^(G)for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for ^(H)I seek not what is yours but you. For ^(I)children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but ^(J)parents for their children. ^15 (K)I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If ^(L)I love you more, am I to be loved less?

⁴⁰ So they went out of the prison and visited ^(A)Lydia. And when they had seen ^(B)the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.

Paul and Silas in Thessalonica

17 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to ^(C)Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. ² And Paul went in, ^(D)as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them ^(E)from the Scriptures, ^3 (F)explaining and proving that it was necessary for ^(G)the Christ to suffer and ^(H)to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” ⁴ And ^(I)some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did ^(J)a great many of the devout ^(K)Greeks and not a few of the leading women. ^5 (L)But the Jews^{[a] (M)}were jealous, and taking ^(N)some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.

^20 (A)Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. ^(B)As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

¹⁶ But he said, ^(A)“As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, ^(B)I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.