1For[G1063]yourselves[G846], brethren[G80], know[G1492]our[G2257] entrance in[G1529]unto[G4314]you[G5209], that[G3754] it was[G1096]not[G3756]in[G1529]vain[G2756]:
2But[G235]even[G2532] after that we had suffered before[G4310], and[G2532] were shamefully entreated[G5195], as[G2531] ye know[G1492], at[G1722]Philippi[G5375], we were bold[G3955]in[G1722]our[G2257]God[G2316] to speak[G2980]unto[G4314]you[G5209] the gospel[G2098] of God[G2316]with[G1722]much[G4183]contention[G73].
3For[G1063]our[G2257]exhortation[G3874] was not[G3756]of[G1537]deceit[G4106], nor[G3761]of[G1537]uncleanness[G167], nor[G3777]in[G1722]guile[G1388]:
4But[G235]as[G2531] we were allowed[G1381]of[G5259]God[G2316] to be put in trust[G4100] with the gospel[G2098], even so[G3779] we speak[G2980]; not[G3756]as[G5613]pleasing[G700]men[G444], but[G235]God[G2316], which trieth[G1381]our[G2257]hearts[G2588].
5For[G1063]neither[G3777] at any time[G4218] used we[G1096]flattering[G2850]words[G1722], as[G2531] ye know[G1492], nor[G3777] a cloke[G1722] of covetousness[G4124]; God[G2316] is witness[G3144]:
6Nor[G3777]of[G1537]men[G444]sought[G2212] we glory[G1391], neither[G3777]of[G575]you[G5216], nor[G3777] yet of[G575]others[G243], when we might[G1410] have been[G1511]burdensome[G1722], as[G5613] the apostles[G652]of[G575]Christ[G5547].
7But[G235] we were[G1096]gentle[G2261]among[G1722]you[G5216], even as[G5613] a nurse[G5162]cherisheth[G302]her[G1438]children[G5043]:
8So[G3779] being affectionately desirous[G2442] of you[G5216], we were[G1096]willing[G2106] to have imparted[G3330] unto you[G5213], not[G3756] the gospel[G2098] of God[G2316]only[G3440], but[G235]also[G2532] our own[G1438]souls[G5590], because[G1360] ye were[G1096]dear[G27] unto us[G2254].
9For[G1063] ye remember[G3421], brethren[G80], our[G2257]labour[G2873]and[G2532]travail[G3449]: for[G1063]labouring[G2038]night[G3571]and[G2532]day[G2250], because[G4314] we would[G1912]not[G3361] be chargeable[G1912]unto[G1519]any[G5100] of you[G5216], we preached[G2784]unto[G1519]you[G5209] the gospel[G2098] of God[G2316].
10Ye[G5210] are witnesses[G3144], and[G2532]God[G2316] also, how[G5613]holily[G3743]and[G2532]justly[G1346]and[G2532]unblameably[G274] we behaved ourselves[G1096] among you[G5213] that believe[G4100]:
11As[G2509] ye know[G1492]how[G5613] we exhorted[G3870]and[G2532]comforted[G3888]and[G2532]charged[G3140]every[G1538]one[G1520] of you[G5209], as[G5613] a father[G3962] doth his[G1438]children[G5043],
12That[G1519]ye[G5209] would walk[G4043]worthy[G516] of God[G2316], who hath called[G2564]you[G5209]unto[G1519]his[G1438]kingdom[G932]and[G2532]glory[G1391].
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For this[G5124]cause[G1223]also[G2532]thank[G2168]we[G2249]God[G2316] without ceasing[G89], because[G3754], when ye received[G3880] the word[G3056]of[G3844]God[G2316]which[G3739] ye heard[G189]of[G3844]us[G2257], ye received[G1209] it not[G3756]as[G2531] the word[G3056]of[G3844]men[G444], but[G235]as[G2531] it is[G2076]in[G1722]truth[G230], the word[G3056]of[G3844]God[G2316], which[G3739] effectually worketh[G1754]also[G2532]in[G1722]you[G5213] that believe[G4100].
14For[G1063]ye[G5210], brethren[G80], became[G1096]followers[G3402]of[G5259] the churches[G1577]of[G5259]God[G2316]which[G3588]in[G1722]Judaea[G2449]are[G5607]in[G1722]Christ[G5547]Jesus[G2424]: for[G3754]ye[G5210]also[G2532]have[G846]suffered[G3958] like things[G5024]of[G5259] your own[G2398]countrymen[G4853], even[G2532]as[G2531] they have[G846]of[G5259] the Jews[G2453]:
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Who both[G2532]killed[G615] the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424], and[G2532] their own[G2398]prophets[G4396], and[G2532] have persecuted[G1559]us[G2248]; and[G2532] they please[G700]not[G3361]God[G2316], and[G2532] are contrary[G1727] to all[G3956]men[G444]:
16Forbidding[G2967]us[G2248]to[G1519]speak[G2980]to[G1519] the Gentiles[G1484]that[G2443] they might be saved[G4982], to[G1519] fill up[G378]their[G846]sins[G266]alway[G3842]: for[G1161] the wrath[G3709] is come[G5348]upon[G1909]them[G846]to[G1519] the uttermost[G5056].
17But[G1161]we[G2249], brethren[G80], being taken[G642]from[G575]you[G5216]for[G4314] a short[G5610]time[G2540] in presence[G4383], not[G3756] in heart[G2588], endeavoured[G4704] the more abundantly[G4056] to see[G1492]your[G5216]face[G4383]with[G1722]great[G4183]desire[G1939].
18Wherefore[G1352] we would[G2309] have come[G2064]unto[G4314]you[G5209], even[G3303]I[G1473]Paul[G3972], once[G2532]and[G2532]again[G1364]; but[G2532]Satan[G4567]hindered[G1465]us[G2248].
19For[G1063]what[G5101] is our[G2257]hope[G1680], or[G2228]joy[G5479], or[G2228]crown[G4735] of rejoicing?[G2746] Are not[G3780]even[G2532]ye[G5210] in the presence[G1715] of our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547]at[G1722]his[G846]coming?[G3952]