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1 Thessalonians 2

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1 For you yourselves, brethren, know that our coming among you was not in vain.
1 You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.
2 But even after we had suffered before and were shamefully treated at Philippi, as ye know, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the Gospel of God amidst much contention.
2 We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.
3 For our exhortation was not from deceit, nor from uncleanness, nor from guile;
3 For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.
4 but as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, even so we speak not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.
4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.
5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is our witness),
5 You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness.
6 nor sought we glory from men, neither from you nor yet from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
6 We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority.
7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children.
7 Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,
8 So being affectionately desirous for you, we were willing to have imparted unto you not the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
8 so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail; for laboring night and day, because we would not be a burden unto any of you, we preached unto you the Gospel of God.
9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you that believe.
10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.
11 Ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,
12 that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto His Kingdom and glory.Œ
12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.
13 For this cause also we thank God without ceasing: because when ye received the Word of God, which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which also worketh effectually in you that believe.
13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.
14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for ye also have suffered like things from your own countrymen, even as they have from the Jews,
14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews
15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us. They please not God and are contrary to all men,
15 who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone
16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, thus heaping up their sins always. But the wrath has come upon them to the uttermost!
16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.
17 But we, brethren, being taken away from you for a short time (in presence, but not in heart), endeavored the more abundantly and with great desire to see your face.
17 But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.
18 Therefore we would have come unto you -- even I, Paul, time and again -- but Satan hindered us.
18 For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan blocked our way.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?
20 For ye are our glory and joy.
20 Indeed, you are our glory and joy.
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