1 Thessalonians 2
1 You yourselves for know, brothers, the coming of us to you that not in vain has been;
You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
2 but (and *k) having previously suffered and having been mistreated even as you know, in Philippi, we had boldness in the God of us to speak to you the gospel of God amid much conflict.
As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
3 For the exhortation of us [is] not of error nor of impurity (nor *N+kO) in trickery;
For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
4 but even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as men pleasing but as God who is examining the hearts of us.
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
5 Never for at any time with word of flattery were we, even as you know, nor with a pretext for greed — God [is] witness —
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
6 nor seeking from men glory nor from you nor from others, [though] having authority with weight to be as Christ’s apostles;
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
7 But we were (infants *N+KO) in [the] midst of you, as (maybe *N+kO) a nursing mother shall cherish her own children,
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
8 So (yearning for *N+kO) you we were pleased to have imparted to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because beloved to us (you have become. *N+kO)
We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
9 You remember for, brothers, the labor of us and hardship: By night (for *k) and day working in order not to burden anyone of you we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
10 You [are] witnesses and God, how holily and righteously and blamelessly toward you those believing we were,
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
11 just as you know how one each of you as a father children of himself exhorting you and comforting and (charging *N+kO)
For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
12 unto (to walk *N+kO) you worthily of God who is calling you to the His own kingdom and glory.
encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
13 (And *no) because of this also we ourselves give thanks to God unceasingly that having received [the] word [by your] hearing from us of God you accepted not [the] word of men but even as it is truly [the] word of God, which also works in you who believe.
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
14 you yourselves for imitators became, brothers, of the churches of God which are being in Judea in Christ Jesus, For (the [same] *N+KO) (these *N+kO) suffered also you yourselves from [your] own countrymen, even as also [did] they from the Jews,
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
15 who both the Lord having killed Jesus and ([their] own *K) prophets and (us *NK+O) having driven out and God not pleasing and to all men opposed,
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
16 they are hindering us to the Gentiles to speak that they may be saved, so as to fill up their sins always; Has come now upon them the wrath (of the God *O) to the utmost.
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
17 We ourselves however, brothers, having been bereaved of you for [the] time of an hour in face not in heart, more abundantly were eager the face of you to see with great desire.
Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
18 (therefore *N+kO) we wanted to come to you — I myself indeed Paul both once and twice — and hindered us Satan.
For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
19 Who [is] for our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Except only even you before the Lord of us Jesus (Christ *K) at His coming?
After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
20 You yourselves for are the glory of us and joy.
You are indeed our glory and our joy.
