1Th 2:7-12 | EE | STEP | But instead, we were kind when we were with you. We were kind like a mother who looks after her little children.

1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

7 But instead, we were kind when we were with you. We were kind like a mother who looks after her little children. 8 We were very fond of you. So, we wanted very much to tell you the good news from God. Also, we wanted to give ourselves completely to help you. We wanted to do these things because we loved you very much. 9 Our friends, you should certainly remember how we worked so very much. We worked during the day and at night. We worked so that we did not need to ask any of you for anything. So then, we did not cost you anything while we taught you God’s good news. ^{▼▼2:9 While Paul, Silas and Timothy were at Thessalonica, they worked, to get some money. We do not know the kind of work that they did. But we know that Paul could make tents. See Acts 18:3.}

10 When we were with you believers, we did nothing wrong. We did only what is completely good and right. You know that, and God knows it too. 11 ^{▼▼This verse is empty because in this translation its contents have been moved to form part of verse 1Th 2:12.} ^{▼▼In this translation, this verse contains text which in some other translations appears in verses 1Th 2:11-1Th 2:12.}12 You know that we helped each of you. We were like a father who helps his own children. We taught you and we helped you to be brave and strong as believers. And we told you very strongly what you must do. You must do what makes God happy. God has chosen you to belong to his own people, the people that he rules over. He wants you to be with him always, in the beautiful place where he lives.