<vn='1'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="846">yourselves</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="1492">know</s><sn="2257">our</s> entrance <sn="1529">in</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> it <sn="1096">was</s><sn="3756">not</s> in <sn="2756">vain</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="235">But</s><sn="2532">even</s> after that we had suffered <sn="4310">before</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> were shamefully <sn="5195">entreated</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s>, <sn="1722">at</s><sn="5375">Philippi</s>, we were <sn="3955">bold</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2316">God</s> to <sn="2980">speak</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="4183">much</s><sn="73">contention</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3874">exhortation</s> was <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="4106">deceit</s>, <sn="3761">nor</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="167">uncleanness</s>, <sn="3777">nor</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1388">guile</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="235">But</s><sn="2531">as</s> we were <sn="1381">allowed</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2316">God</s> to be put in <sn="4100">trust</s> with <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>, even <sn="3779">so</s> we <sn="2980">speak</s>; <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="700">pleasing</s><sn="444">men</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2316">God</s>, which <sn="1381">trieth</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3777">neither</s> at any <sn="4218">time</s> used we flattering <sn="1096 1722 3056 2850">words</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s>, <sn="3777">nor</s> a <sn="4392">cloak</s> of <sn="4124">covetousness</s>; <sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="3144">witness</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3777">Nor</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="444">men</s><sn="2212">sought</s> we <sn="1391">glory</s>, <sn="3777">neither</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="3777">nor</s> yet <sn="575">of</s><sn="243">others</s>, when we <sn="1410">might</s> have <sn="1511">been</s><sn="1722 922">burdensome</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> the <sn="652">apostles</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="235">But</s> we <sn="1096">were</s><sn="2261">gentle</s><sn="1722 3319">among</s><sn="5216">you</s>, even <sn="5613 302">as</s> a <sn="5162">nurse</s><sn="2282">cherisheth</s><sn="1438">her</s><sn="5043">children</s>: </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3779">So</s> being affectionately <sn="2442">desirous</s> of <sn="5216">you</s>, we were <sn="2106">willing</s> to have <sn="3330">imparted</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="3440">only</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2532">also</s> our <sn="1438">own</s><sn="5590">souls</s>, <sn="1360">because</s> ye <sn="1096">were</s><sn="27">dear</s> unto <sn="2254">us</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1063">For</s> ye <sn="3421">remember</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2873">labor</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3449">travail</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="2038">laboring</s><sn="3571">night</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2250">day</s>, because we would <sn="3361">not</s> be <sn="1912">chargable</s> unto <sn="5100">any</s> of <sn="5216">you</s>, we <sn="2784">preached</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="5210">Ye</s> are <sn="3144">witnesses</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2316">God</s> also, <sn="5613">how</s><sn="3743">holily</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1346">justly</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="274">unblamably</s> we behaved <sn="1096">ourselves</s> among <sn="5213">you</s> that <sn="4100">believe</s>: </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2509">As</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="5613">how</s> we <sn="3870 *5209">exhorted</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3888">comforted</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3140">charged</s><sn="1538">every</s><sn="1520">one</s> of <sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="3962">father</s> doth <sn="1438">his</s><sn="5043">children</s>, </v>
<vn='12'>That <sn="5209">ye</s> would <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="516">worthy</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, who hath <sn="2564">called</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="1438">his</s><sn="932">kingdom</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1391">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>For this <sn="1223 5124">cause</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="2168">thank</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="2316">God</s> without <sn="89">ceasing</s>, <sn="3754">because</s>, when ye <sn="3880">received</s> the <sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> which ye <sn="189">heard</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="2257">us</s>, ye <sn="1209">received</s> it <sn="3756">not</s> as the <sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="444">men</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2531">as</s> it <sn="2076">is</s> in <sn="230">truth</s>, the <sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> effectually <sn="1754">worketh</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s> that <sn="4100">believe</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5210">ye</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="1096">became</s><sn="3402">followers</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">churches</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> which <sn="1722">in</s><sn="2449">Judea</s><sn="5607">are</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>: <sn="3754">for</s><sn="5210">ye</s><sn="2532">also</s> have <sn="3958">suffered</s> like <sn="5024">things</s><sn="5259">of</s> your <sn="2398">own</s><sn="4853">countrymen</s>, even <sn="2531">as</s><sn="846">they</s><sn="*2532">have</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>Who both <sn="615 2532">killed</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> their <sn="2398">own</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> have <sn="1559">persecuted</s><sn="2248">us</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="700">please</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> are <sn="1727">contrary</s> to <sn="3956">all</s><sn="444">men</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2967">Forbidding</s><sn="2248">us</s> to <sn="2980">speak</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s><sn="2443">that</s> they might be <sn="4982">saved</s>, to fill <sn="378">up</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="266">sins</s><sn="3842">always</s>: <sn="1161">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3709">wrath</s> is <sn="5348">come</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1519">to</s> the <sn="5056">uttermost</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2249">we</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, being <sn="642">taken</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="5216">you</s><sn="4314">for</s> a short <sn="5610 2540">time</s> in <sn="4383">presence</s>, <sn="3756">not</s> in <sn="2588">heart</s>, <sn="4704">endeavored</s> the more <sn="4056">abundantly</s> to <sn="1492">see</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="4383">face</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="4183">great</s><sn="1939">desire</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s> we <sn="2309">would</s> have <sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="3303">even</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="3972 *2532">Paul</s>, once and <sn="530 2532 1364">again</s>; <sn="2532">but</s><sn="4567">Satan</s><sn="1465">hindered</s><sn="2248">us</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5101">what</s> is <sn="2257">our</s><sn="1680">hope</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="5479">joy</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="4735">crown</s> of <sn="2746">rejoicing</s>? <sn="*2228">Are</s><sn="3780">not</s><sn="2532">even</s><sn="5210">ye</s> in the <sn="1715">presence</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3952">coming</s>? </v>