1 Thessalonians 2:6-9 we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight; ⁷ no, we behaved gently when we were among you, like a nursing mother cherishing her own children, ⁸ fain, in our yearning affection for you, to impart not only the gospel of God to you but our very souls as well — you had so won our love. ⁹ Brothers, you recollect our hard labour and toil, how we worked at our trade night and day, when we preached the gospel to you, so as not to be a burden to any of you.