₉Surely you remember, our brothers and sisters, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you the Good News from God.

₁₀You are our witnesses, and so is God, that our conduct towards you who believe was pure, right, and without fault. ₁₁You know that we treated each one of you just as a father treats his own children. ₁₂We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls you to share in his own Kingdom and glory.

₁₃And there is another reason why we always give thanks to God. When we brought you God's message, you heard it and accepted it, not as a message from human beings but as God's message, which indeed it is. For God is at work in you who believe.