1 For
2 but
3 For our exhortation
4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts.
6 nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others.
8 Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us.
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
10 You
11 just as you know how
12 exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.
13 And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that
14 For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and
16 hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that
17 But
18 because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul,
19 For who
20 For you are our glory and joy.