1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you have known, brothers, that our entrance to you has not been in vain,
For you yourselves know, brethren, our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.
2 but having both suffered before, and having been mistreated (as you have known) in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the good news of God in much conflict,
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.
3 for our exhortation [is] not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,
For our exhortation arose not from deception, nor from uncleanness, nor was it with guile;
4 but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,
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.
5 for at no time did we come with speech of flattery (as you have known), nor in a pretext for covetousness (God [is] witness),
For neither nattering words did we at any time use, as you know, nor a pretext for covetousness; God is witness:
6 nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ’s apostles.
nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ.
7 But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may nurture her own children,
But we were gentle among you. As a nurse nourishes her children,
8 so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because you have become beloved to us,
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.
9 for you remember, brothers, our labor and travail, for working night and day not to be a burden on any of you, we preached the good news of God to you;
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.
10 you [are] witnesses—God also—how piously and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe,
You are witnesses, and God also, in how holy and just and blameless a manner we conducted ourselves among you that believe,
11 even as you have known how we are exhorting each one of you, as a father his own children, and comforting, and testifying,
as indeed you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father his children,
12 for your walking worthily of God, who is calling you to His own kingdom and glory.
that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory.
13 And because of this we also continually give thanks to God, that, having received the word of God [by] your hearing from us, you accepted, not the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, who also works in you who believe;
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.
14 for you became imitators, brothers, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you suffered such things, even you, from your own countrymen, as they also from the Jews,
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,
15 who put to death both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and persecuted us, and they are not pleasing God, and [are] contrary to all men,
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,
16 forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, so as to always fill up their sins, but [God’s] anger came on them—to the end!
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.
17 And we, brothers, having been taken from you for the space of an hour—in presence, not in heart—hurried more abundantly to see your face in much desire;
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.
18 for this reason we wished to come to you (I, indeed, Paul), both once and again, and Satan hindered us;
For this reason, we intended to go to you, (I Paul) both once and again, but Satan hindered us.
19 for what [is] our hope, or joy, or garland of rejoicing? Are not even you before our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
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?
20 For you are our glory and joy.
You indeed are our glory and joy.
