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3 For our encouragement is not from deceit, nor from uncleanness, nor in treachery.
4 But just-as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good-news, so we are speaking; not as pleasing men, but it is God who tests our hearts.
5 For just-as you know, (God being witness), we neither previously came in words of flattery, nor in a pretext of greed,
6 nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, while being able to be a burden to you as apostles of Christ.
7 But we became mild in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children.
8 So having kindly-feelings of you, we were delighted to have given to you not only the good-news of God, but also our own souls, because you have become beloved to us.
9 For brethren, you remember our labor and hardship. For we were working night and day, that we might not burden any of you while we preached to you the good-news of God. 10 You and God are witnesses, as we became holy and righteous and blameless toward you who believe. 11 Just-as you know, as we became with each one of you, like a father with his own children, encouraging you and consoling you\super\'b0
9 For brethren, you remember our labor and hardship. For we were working night and day, that we might not burden any of you while we preached to you the good-news of God. 10 You and God are witnesses, as we became holy and righteous and blameless toward you who believe. 11 Just-as you know, as we became with each one of you, like a father with his own children, encouraging you and consoling you\super\'b0