But evenafterthat we had sufferedbefore, and wereshamefullyentreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we werebold in our God to speakunto you the gospel of God withmuchcontention.
So beingaffectionatelydesirous of you, we werewilling to haveimpartedunto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye weredearunto us.
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouringnight and day, because we would not be chargeableunto any of you, we preachedunto you the gospel of God.
For thiscausealsothank we God withoutceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, whicheffectuallyworkethalso in you thatbelieve.
For ye, brethren, becamefollowers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in ChristJesus: for ye alsohavesufferedlikethings of your own countrymen, even as theyhave of the Jews: