1You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to…
2As you are aware, we had already endured…
3For our appeal does not arise from deceit…
4Instead, we speak as those approved by God…
5As you know, we never used words of…
6Nor did we seek praise from you or…
7On the contrary, we were gentle among you,…
8We cared so deeply that we were delighted…
9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil.…
10You are witnesses, and so is God, of…
11For you know that we treated each of…
12encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to…
13And we continually thank God because, when you…
14For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches…
15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their…
16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they…
17Brothers, although we were torn away from you…
18For we wanted to come to you—indeed I,…
19After all, who is our hope, our joy,…
20You are indeed our glory and our joy.
