9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed...

7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were...

5 For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness. 6 Nor did we seek glory from...

For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted...

1 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully...

9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living...

so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from...

because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of...

3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we...