1 Thessalonians 2:1-16 - ESV Bible - For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming...

Paul's Ministry to the Thessalonians

1 For you yourselves know, brothers,^a that our ¹coming to you ²was not in vain.

2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated ³at Philippi, as you know, ⁴we had boldness in our God ⁵to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much ⁶conflict.

3 For ⁷our appeal does not spring from ⁸error or ⁹impurity or ¹⁰any attempt to deceive,

4 but just as we have been approved by God ¹¹to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not ¹²to please man, but to please God ¹³who tests our hearts.

5 ¹⁴For we never came with words of flattery,^b as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--¹⁵God is witness.

6 ¹⁶Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, ¹⁷though we could have made ¹⁸demands as ¹⁹apostles of Christ.

7 But we were ²⁰gentle^c among you, ²¹like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God ²²but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

9 For you remember, brothers, ²³our labor and toil: we ²⁴worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

10 You are witnesses, and ²⁵God also, ²⁶how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

11 For you know how, ²⁷like a father with his children,

12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and ²⁸charged ²⁹you to walk in a manner worthy of God, ³⁰who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

13 And ³¹we also thank God constantly^d for this, that when you received ³²the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ³³not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, ³⁴which is at work in you believers.

14 For you, brothers, ³⁵became imitators of ³⁶the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For ³⁷you suffered the same things from your own countrymen ³⁸as they did from the Jews,

15 ³⁹who killed both the Lord Jesus and ⁴⁰the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and ⁴¹oppose all mankind

16 ⁴²by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved--so as always ⁴³to fill up the measure of their sins. But ⁴⁴God's wrath has come upon them at last!^e

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

1 Tessalonicenses 2:1 Porque vós mesmos sabeis, irmãos, que a nossa entrada entre vós não foi vã;

King James Version KJV

1 Thessalonians 2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

New King James Version NKJV

1 Thessalonians 2:1 For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

1 Tessalonicenses 2:1 Irmãos, vocês mesmos sabem que a visita que fizemos a vocês não foi inútil.

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16 ESV