because the good-news from us happened to you not in word only, but also in power, and in Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, as ye know what kind of men we became among you, because of you.

But having suffered before and been mistreated in Philippi, as ye know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the good-news of God within much conflict.

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good-news, thus we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who proves our hearts.

For we came neither in word of flattery (at any time as ye know) nor a pretense of greed (God is witness)

nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others. While able to bear down as apostles of Christ,

nevertheless we became gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherishes her own children.

just as ye know, as each one of you as a father of his own children, imploring you, and comforting,

And because of this we thank God without ceasing, because, having received the word of God heard from us, ye received not the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

For ye, brothers, became imitators of the congregations of God, which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because ye also suffered the same things by your own countrymen, just as also they by the Jews.

For also when we were with you we foretold you that we were going to be oppressed, just as it also happened, and ye know.

But now of Timothy, having come to us from you, and having proclaimed good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye always have a good recollection of us, longing to see us, just as we also you,

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,

Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you, and summon in Lord Jesus, that just as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, that ye may abound more.

not in passion of lust, as also the Gentiles who have not known God,

not to transgress and to cheat his brother in the affair, because the Lord is vengeful about all these things, as also we forewarned you and solemnly testified.

and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are asleep, so that ye may not grieve, as also the others who have no hope.

For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

But ye, brothers, are not in darkness, so that the day would seize you as a thief.

So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.

Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

And we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor among you, and who lead you in Lord, and who admonish you,