So that ye became an ensample unto all who were coming to the faith, in Macedonia and in Achaia:

For neither at any time were we found, using words of flattery, - even as ye know, nor a pretext for greed - God, is witness!

Ye, are witnesses - God also, how kindly and righteously and blamelessly, unto you who were believing, we were found to behave;

Even as ye know how, unto each one of you, we were as a father unto his own children, consoling you, and soothing, and calling o witness, -

Wherefore, no longer concealing our anxiety, we were well-pleased to be left in Athens, alone,

For, even when we were with you, we told you beforehand - we are destined to suffer tribulation! even as it also came to pass, and ye know.

For this cause, were we consoled, brethren, over you, in all our necessity and tribulation, through your faith;