For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

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.

Therefore, when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

For this cause I also, when I could not stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.