1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you yourselves know, brethren, our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,
2 But having suffered before, and having been outraged, as you know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in the midst of great peril.
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philipus, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
3 For our exhortation arose not from deception, nor from uncleanness, nor was it with guile;
For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
4 but as God had judged us worthy to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who tries our hearts.
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing people, but God, who tests our hearts.
5 For neither nattering words did we at any time use, as you know, nor a pretext for covetousness; God is witness:
For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed (God is witness),
6 nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ.
nor seeking glory from people (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Meshikha.
7 But we were gentle among you. As a nurse nourishes her children,
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
8 so, having a strong affection for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives also, because you had become dear to us.
Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
9 For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for, laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
10 You are witnesses, and God also, in how holy and just and blameless a manner we conducted ourselves among you that believe,
You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
11 as indeed you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father his children,
As you know, as a father with his own children,
12 that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory.
we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
13 For this reason, also, we thank God without ceasing; because, when you received the word of God, as preached by us, you embraced it, not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe.
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as a human word, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
14 For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews,
For you, brothers, became imitators of the congregations of God which are in Yehuda in Meshikha Yeshua; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Yehudeans;
15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,
who killed both the Lord Yeshua and the prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are hostile to all people;
16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, in order that they may fill up their sins at all times: but the wrath is coming upon them to the full.
forbidding us to speak to those who are not Jewish that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
17 But we, brethren, having been taken from you for a short time, in person, not in heart, did, with great desire, endeavor the more earnestly to see your face.
But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
18 For this reason, we intended to go to you, (I Paul) both once and again, but Satan hindered us.
because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satana hindered us.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you, before our Lord Yeshua at his coming?
20 You indeed are our glory and joy.
For you are our glory and our joy.
