| 1 | For yourselves , brethren , know our entrance in unto you , that it was not in vain : |
| 2 | But even after that we had suffered before , and were shamefully entreated , as ye know , at Philippi , we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention . |
| 3 | For our exhortation [was] not of deceit , nor of uncleanness , nor in guile : |
| 4 | But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel , even so we speak ; not as pleasing men , but God , which trieth our hearts . |
| 5 | For neither at any time used we flattering words , as ye know , nor a cloke of covetousness ; God [is] witness : |
| 6 | Nor of men sought we glory , neither of you , nor [yet] of others , when we might have been burdensome , as the apostles of Christ . |
| 7 | But we were gentle among you , even as a nurse cherisheth her children : |
| 8 | So being affectionately desirous of you , we were willing to have imparted unto you , not the gospel of God only , but also our own souls , because ye were dear unto us . |
| 9 | For ye remember , brethren , our labour and travail : for labouring night and day , because we would not be chargeable unto any of you , we preached unto you the gospel of God . |
| 10 | Ye [are] witnesses , and God [also], how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe : |
| 11 | As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you , as a father [doth] his children , |
| 12 | That ye would walk worthy of God , who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory . |
| 13 | For this cause also thank we God without ceasing , because , when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us , ye received [it] not [as] the word of men , but as it is in truth , the word of God , which effectually worketh also in you that believe . |
| 14 | For ye , brethren , became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus : for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen , even as they [have] of the Jews : |
| 15 | Who both killed the Lord Jesus , and their own prophets , and have persecuted us ; and they please not God , and are contrary to all men : |
| 16 | Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved , to fill up their sins alway : for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost . |
| 17 | But we , brethren , being taken from you for a short time in presence , not in heart , endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire . |
| 18 | Wherefore we would have come unto you , even I Paul , once and again ; but Satan hindered us . |
| 19 | For what [is] our hope , or joy , or crown of rejoicing ? [Are] not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? |
| 20 | For ye are our glory and joy . |
