1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
For you know, brethren, our coming unto you, that it was not in vain:
2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
but having suffered, and been abused, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
3 For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
For our exhortation was not from delusion, nor from impurity, nor in guile:
4 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
but as we were approved of God that the gospel should be intrusted unto us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who is proving our hearts,
5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
For at that time we were not in word of flattery, as you know, nor in a pretext of covetousness, God is our witness;
6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
nor seeking glory from men, nor from you, nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as the apostles of Christ;
7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
but we were gentle in the midst of you, as if a nurse may cherish her children;
8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
being so desirous of you, that we are anxious not only to give the gospel of God, but our own souls, because you are beloved unto us.
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil: night and day working, that we should burden no one of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10 You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
You are witnesses, and God, how sacredly and righteously and blamelessly we were unto you who believed:
11 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
as you know, exhorting each one of you, as a father of his own children, and comforting you,
12 to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
and testifying, that you walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
13 For this cause we also thank God without ceasing that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.
And on account of this we also give thanks to God incessantly, because, receiving the word of God from us by hearing, you received it not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, who indeed works in you who believe.
14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews
For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Jesus Christ: because you suffered the same things from your fellow tribes, as they also from the Jews;
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
who even killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and are displeasing to God, and hostile to all men;
16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
forbidding that we should speak to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved; that they may fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
But, brethren, we having been absent from you for the space of an hour, in presence, not in heart, we were the more exceedingly anxious to see your face with much desire.
18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
Because we wish to come to you, I Paul indeed both once and twice; and Satan hindered me.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing, except you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20 For you are our glory and our joy.
For you are our glory and joy.
