1 Yes|strong="G1063", friends, you|strong="G5210" yourselves|strong="G4771" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" your|strong="G3588" reception|strong="G1529" of|strong="G3588" us|strong="G2249" was|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" without|strong="G3756" result.
2 For|strong="G4314", although|strong="G5210" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G2532" experienced|strong="G1492" suffering|strong="G1722" and|strong="G2532" ill treatment, as|strong="G2531" you|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1492", at|strong="G1722" Philippi|strong="G5375", we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" courage, by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" help of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", to|strong="G4314" tell|strong="G1492" you|strong="G5210" God|strong="G2316"’s good|strong="G3588" news|strong="G2098" in|strong="G1722" spite of|strong="G2316" great|strong="G4183" opposition.
3 Our|strong="G1722" appeal|strong="G3874" to|strong="G1722" you|strong="G1722" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" based|strong="G1537" on|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" delusion|strong="G4106", nor|strong="G3761" was|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1063" made|strong="G3756" from|strong="G1537" unworthy|strong="G3756" motives, or|strong="G3761" with|strong="G1722" any|strong="G3756" intention of|strong="G1537" misleading you|strong="G1722".
4 But|strong="G2316", having|strong="G2316" been|strong="G3756" found worthy by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" entrusted|strong="G4100" with|strong="G2980" the|strong="G3588" good|strong="G3756" news|strong="G2098", therefore we|strong="G2249" tell|strong="G2980" it|strong="G2531"; with|strong="G2980" a|strong="G5613" view to|strong="G3756" please, not|strong="G3756" people|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3588" proves our|strong="G2316" hearts|strong="G2588".
5 Never|strong="G3777" at|strong="G1722" any|strong="G1492" time|strong="G4218", as|strong="G2531" you|strong="G1722" know|strong="G1492", did|strong="G1492" we|strong="G1063" use the|strong="G1722" language of|strong="G3056" flattery, or|strong="G3777" make false|strong="G1722" professions in|strong="G1722" order to|strong="G1722" hide selfish aims. God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" bear witness|strong="G3144" to|strong="G1722" that|strong="G1096".
6 Nor|strong="G3777" did|strong="G1510" we|strong="G5613" seek|strong="G2212" to|strong="G1410" win honour|strong="G1391" from|strong="G1537" people|strong="G1510", whether from|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" or|strong="G3777" from|strong="G1537" others, although|strong="G5210", as|strong="G5613" apostles of|strong="G1537" Christ|strong="G5547", we|strong="G5613" might|strong="G1410" have|strong="G1510" burdened you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G1722" our|strong="G5547" support.
7 But|strong="G1437" we|strong="G1437" lived|strong="G1510" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" simplicity of|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1096" child|strong="G5043"; we|strong="G1437" were|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G1096" woman nursing|strong="G5162" her|strong="G1437" own|strong="G1438" children|strong="G5043".
8 In|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" strong|strong="G2532" affection|strong="G2442" for|strong="G1360" you|strong="G5210", that|strong="G3588" seemed to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" the|strong="G2532" best|strong="G2106" way|strong="G3779" of|strong="G2316" sharing with|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" God|strong="G2316"’s good|strong="G2106" news|strong="G2098", but|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" lives|strong="G5590" as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" – so|strong="G3779" dear had|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" become|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249".
9 You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3361" have|strong="G2532" forgotten, friends, our|strong="G2316" labour|strong="G2873" and|strong="G2532" toil|strong="G2873". Night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" we|strong="G2249" used to|strong="G1519" work|strong="G2038" at|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" trades, so|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" burden|strong="G1912" to|strong="G1519" any|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2250" you|strong="G5210", while|strong="G2250" we|strong="G2249" proclaimed|strong="G2784" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" God|strong="G2316"’s good|strong="G3588" news|strong="G2098".
10 You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2316" bear|strong="G2532" witness|strong="G3144", and|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" also|strong="G2532", that|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" relations with|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" believed|strong="G4100" in|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5613" were|strong="G3588" pure, and|strong="G2532" upright|strong="G1346", and|strong="G2532" beyond reproach.
11 Indeed|strong="G2532", you|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G2532", like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" father|strong="G3962" with|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" children|strong="G5043", we|strong="G2532" used to|strong="G2532" encourage|strong="G3870" and|strong="G2532" comfort|strong="G3870" every|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210", and|strong="G2532" solemnly plead|strong="G3870" with|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210";
12 so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G2316" make|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2532" daily lives worthy of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" calling|strong="G2564" you|strong="G5210" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G1438" kingdom.
13 This|strong="G3778", too|strong="G2532", is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" reason|strong="G1223" why|strong="G1223" we|strong="G2249", on|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" part|strong="G1473", are|strong="G1510" continually|strong="G1223" thanking God|strong="G2316" – because|strong="G3754", in|strong="G1722" receiving|strong="G3880" the|strong="G1722" teaching|strong="G3056" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" had|strong="G2532" from|strong="G3844" us|strong="G2249", you|strong="G5210" accepted|strong="G1209" it|strong="G2532", not|strong="G3756" as|strong="G2531" the|strong="G1722" teaching|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" humans, but|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2531" what|strong="G3739" it|strong="G2532" really is|strong="G1510" – the|strong="G1722" teaching|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316", which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" even|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" doing|strong="G3844" its|strong="G1223" work|strong="G1754" within|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" Christ.
14 For|strong="G1063" you|strong="G5210", friends|strong="G2398", began|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" follow the|strong="G1722" example of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1722" churches|strong="G1577" of|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="G2453" which|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" union with|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547"; you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1510", suffering|strong="G3958" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hands|strong="G5259" of|strong="G5259" your|strong="G2532" fellow citizens, in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G2532" way|strong="G1722" as|strong="G2531" those|strong="G3588" churches|strong="G1577" did|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hands|strong="G5259" of|strong="G5259" their|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1510" –
15 who|strong="G3588" killed both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396", and|strong="G2532" persecuted|strong="G1559" us|strong="G2249" also|strong="G2532". They|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" try to|strong="G2532" please God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" enemies to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" humanity,
16 for|strong="G1519" they|strong="G1161" try to|strong="G1519" prevent|strong="G2967" us|strong="G1519" from|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Gentiles|strong="G1484" with|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1519" view|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" salvation|strong="G4982", and|strong="G1161" so|strong="G2443" are|strong="G3588" always|strong="G3842" filling up|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" measure of|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1438" iniquity. But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" wrath|strong="G3709" of|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2980" has|strong="G3709" come|strong="G5348" upon|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" full!
17 As|strong="G1722" for|strong="G4314" ourselves|strong="G2249", friends, our|strong="G1722" having been|strong="G3756" bereaved of|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" even|strong="G1161" for|strong="G4314" a|strong="G1722" short|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" – though|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1722" body only|strong="G3756", and|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3756" in|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G2588" – made|strong="G3756" us|strong="G2249" all|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" more|strong="G4183" eager|strong="G4704" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="G3708" your|strong="G3708" faces|strong="G4383" again; and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" longing to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G3708" so|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" strong on|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249".
18 That|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" why we|strong="G2249" made up|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" minds to|strong="G4314" go|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" see you|strong="G5210" – at|strong="G4314" least I|strong="G1473", Paul|strong="G3972", did|strong="G2532", more|strong="G2532" than|strong="G2532" once – but|strong="G2532" Satan|strong="G4567" put|strong="G2532" difficulties in|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" way.
19 For|strong="G1063" what|strong="G5101" hope|strong="G1680" or|strong="G2228" joy|strong="G5479" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G2532" ours|strong="G1473", or|strong="G2228" what|strong="G5101" crown|strong="G4735" will|strong="G5101" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" boast of|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" presence|strong="G3952" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2424" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", at|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" coming|strong="G3952", if|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" isn’t|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210"?
20 You|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" our|strong="G2532" pride and|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" delight!