¹⁶ Even when I was in Thessalonica you sent help more than once.

⁹ Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.

Paul Preaches in Thessalonica

17 Paul and Silas then traveled through the towns of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

¹⁸ We wanted very much to come to you, and I, Paul, tried again and again, but Satan prevented us.