For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we were among you for your benefit,

For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.

and we didn’t seek glory from people, either from you or from others.

For you, brothers, became imitators of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, since you have also suffered the same things from people of your own country, just as they did from the Jews

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,