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 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.

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

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.

The men who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and who persecuted us, and are not pleasing to God, and are contrary to all men.

for no man to be disturbed by these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are set for this.

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

Therefore he who disregards, disregards not man, but God, who also gave his Holy Spirit to you.

See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.