But though we had suffered before, and were infamously treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to preach unto you the gospel of God amidst a great conflict.

But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherisheth her own infants.

So, tenderly affected towards you, we could with pleasure have imparted to you not the gospel of God only, but our own lives also, because ye were beloved by us.

For when we were with you, we told you before that we were about to suffer tribulation; as also it came to pass, and ye know.