7But we were ygentle3 among you, zlike a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God abut also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
9For you remember, brothers, bour labor and toil: we cworked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10You are witnesses, and dGod also, ehow holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. 11For you know how, flike a father with his children, 12we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and gcharged hyou to walk in a manner worthy of God, iwho calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
13And jwe also thank God constantly4 for this, that when you received kthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it lnot as the word of men5 but as what it really is, the word of God, mwhich is at work in you believers.
Another Kind Word
1 Thessalonians 2:1–8 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 34:18 • ID: 3597
The Word of God, Not Men
1 Thessalonians 2:13–16 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 42:39 • ID: 1781
Truth and Love
1 Thessalonians 2:7–12 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 42:27 • ID: 1779
A Study in 1 Thessalonians, Volume 1
Belief and Behavior 1 Thessalonians 1:1–3:13 Series • ID: 15201Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.