Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
You
yourselves know
, brothers
, that
our visit
to
you was
not in
vain .
For
yourselves have
known
, brethren
, our entrance
in
unto
you ,
that
it
did
not become
vain ,
As
you
are
aware
, we
had
already
endured
suffering
and shameful
treatment
in Philippi .
But
in
the
face
of
strong
opposition
, we were bold in our God to speak to
you the gospel
of God .
but
having
both
suffered
before
, and having
been
injuriously
treated
(as
ye
have
known)
in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto
you the good
news
of God in
much
conflict,
For our appeal
does
not arise
from
deceit or
ulterior
motives
or
trickery.
for our exhortation
`is'
not out
of
deceit ,
nor
out
of
uncleanness,
nor
in
guile,
Instead,
we
speak
as those
approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel
, not in
order
to
please
men but God, who examines
our hearts .
but
as we
have
been
approved by God to be entrusted with the good
news
, so
we
speak,
not as
pleasing
men ,
but God, who is
proving
our hearts ,
As
you
know,
we never
used
words
of flattery or
any
pretext for greed.
God is our
witness!
for
at
no
time
did
we come
with
speech
of flattery ,
(as
ye
have
known,)
nor
in
a
pretext for covetousness,
(
God `
is '
witness! )
Nor did
we
seek
praise
from you or
from anyone
else
, although
as apostles of
Christ
we
had
authority
to
demand
it
.
nor seeking
of
men
glory,
neither
from you nor
from others
, being
able
to
be
burdensome,
as Christ's
apostles.
On
the
contrary,
we were
gentle among
you
, like
a nursing
mother
caring
for
her children .
But
we became
gentle in
your
midst
, as
a nurse
may
cherish
her own
children ,
We
cared
so deeply
that
we were
delighted
to share
with
you not only the gospel
of God, but our own lives
as
well.
That
is
how
beloved you
have become to us .
so being
desirous
of
you,
we are
well-pleased
to impart
to
you not only the good
news
of God, but also
our own souls,
because
beloved ye
have become to us ,
Surely
you
recall
, brothers
, our labor
and toil.
We
worked
night and day so
that
we
would
not be a burden to
anyone
while
we proclaimed
to you the gospel
of God .
for
ye
remember
, brethren
, our labour
and travail,
for,
night and day working
not to
be a burden upon
any
of
you,
we did
preach
to you the good
news
of God ;
You
are witnesses ,
and
so
is
God ,
of
how holy,
righteous
, and blameless
our
conduct
was
among
you who believed.
ye
`
are '
witnesses --
God also
--
how kindly
and
righteously
, and blamelessly
to
you who believe
we
became,
For
you
know
that
we
treated
each of you as a father treats
his own children —
even
as
ye
have
known,
how
each one
of you ,
as a father his own children ,
we
are
exhorting
you,
and
comforting,
and
testifying,
encouraging
you,
comforting
you,
and
urging
you
to
walk
in
a
manner
worthy
of God, who calls
you into
His own kingdom
and glory.
for
your
walking
worthily
of God, who is
calling
you to
His own reign
and glory.
And
we continually
thank
God because
, when
you
received the word of God
that
you
heard
from us, you
accepted it
not as
the word of men
, but as the true
word of God —the
word
which
is
now
at
work in you who believe .
Because
of
this
also,
we --
we
do
give
thanks
to
God continually
, that,
having
received the word of hearing
from us of
God
, ye
accepted ,
not the word of man
, but as it
is
truly,
the word of God ,
who
also
doth
work in you who believe ;
For you,
brothers,
became imitators of the churches
of God in
Judea
that are in Christ Jesus .
You
suffered from your own countrymen the
very
things
they suffered
from the Jews,
for ye
became imitators ,
brethren,
of the assemblies
of God that are in Judea
in
Christ Jesus ,
because
such
things
ye
suffered ,
even
ye,
from your own countrymen ,
as
also
they from the Jews,
who killed
both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove
us out
as
well.
They are displeasing
to
God
and hostile
to all men,
who did
both put
to
death
the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did
persecute
us ,
and
God
they are not
pleasing,
and to all men `are'
contrary
,
hindering
us from
telling
the Gentiles
how
they may
be saved .
As
a
result
, they
continue
to heap
up their sins to
full
capacity;
the utmost
wrath
has
come upon them .
forbidding
us to
speak
to
the nations
that
they might
be saved, to fill
up their sins always,
but
the anger
did
come upon them --
to
the
end!
Brothers,
although
we were
torn
away
from you for a
short
time
(
in person
, not in heart ),
our
desire
to see you
face
to
face was
even
more
intense.
And
we ,
brethren,
having
been
taken
from you for the
space
of
an
hour
--
in presence
, not in heart --
did
hasten
the
more
abundantly
to see your
face in
much
desire,
For
we wanted
to come to
you —indeed
I
, Paul, tried
again
and again —but
Satan
obstructed
us .
wherefore
we wished
to come unto
you, (I
indeed
Paul, )
both
once
and again ,
and
the
Adversary
did
hinder
us ;
After
all,
who
is our hope, our
joy, our
crown of boasting,
if
it
is
not you
yourselves
in
the
presence
of
our Lord Jesus at
His coming
?
for
what
`
is '
our hope, or
joy, or
crown of rejoicing?
are
not even
ye
before
our Lord Jesus Christ
in
his presence
?
You
are indeed
our glory and our
joy.
for
ye
are our glory and joy.
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