5 For we never came with a word of flattery, as you know, nor with a cloak for greed – Elohim is witness –
6 nor were we looking for praise from men, not from you nor from others, though we could have been a burden to you, as emissaries of Messiah.
7 But we were gentle in your midst, like a nursing mother warmly loving her own children.
8 So, having a tender affection for you, we were well pleased to share with you not only the Good News of Elohim, but also our own lives, because you have become beloved to us.
9 For you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship, for labouring night and day, in order not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the Good News of Elohim.
10 You are witnesses, Elohim also, how set-apart and righteously and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe,
11 even as you know how each one of you, as a father to his children, encouraging and comforting and bearing witness to you,