1 For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:2 But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.3 For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.7 But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:8 Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.10 You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,12 So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;15 Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.17 But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;18 For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?20 For you are our glory and our joy.

1 Nam ipsi scitis, fratres, introitum nostrum ad vos, quia non inanis fuit : 2 sed ante passi, et contumeliis affecti (sicut scitis) in Philippis, fiduciam habuimus in Deo nostro, loqui ad vos Evangelium Dei in multa sollicitudine. 3 Exhortatio enim nostra non de errore, neque de immunditia, neque in dolo, 4 sed sicut probati sumus a Deo ut crederetur nobis Evangelium : ita loquimur non quasi hominibus placentes, sed Deo, qui probat corda nostra. 5 Neque enim aliquando fuimus in sermone adulationis, sicut scitis : neque in occasione avariti : Deus testis est : 6 nec qurentes ab hominibus gloriam, neque a vobis, neque ab aliis. 7 Cum possemus vobis oneri esse ut Christi apostoli : sed facti sumus parvuli in medio vestrum, tamquam si nutrix foveat filios suos. 8 Ita desiderantes vos, cupide volebamus tradere vobis non solum Evangelium Dei, sed etiam animas nostras : quoniam carissimi nobis facti estis. 9 Memores enim estis, fratres, laboris nostri, et fatigationis : nocte ac die operantes, ne quem vestrum gravaremus, prdicavimus in vobis Evangelium Dei. 10 Vos testes estis, et Deus, quam sancte, et juste, et sine querela, vobis, qui credidistis, fuimus : 11 sicut scitis, qualiter unumquemque vestrum (sicut pater filios suos) 12 deprecantes vos, et consolantes, testificati sumus, ut ambularetis digne Deo, qui vocavit vos in suum regnum et gloriam.13 Ideo et nos gratias agimus Deo sine intermissione : quoniam cum accepissetis a nobis verbum auditus Dei, accepistis illud, non ut verbum hominum, sed (sicut est vere) verbum Dei, qui operatur in vobis, qui credidistis : 14 vos enim imitatores facti estis, fratres, ecclesiarum Dei, qu sunt in Juda in Christo Jesu : quia eadem passi estis et vos a contribulibus vestris, sicut et ipsi a Judis : 15 qui et Dominum occiderunt Jesum, et prophetas, et nos persecuti sunt, et Deo non placent, et omnibus hominibus adversantur, 16 prohibentes nos gentibus loqui ut salv fiant, ut impleant peccata sua semper : pervenit enim ira Dei super illos usque in finem. 17 Nos autem fratres desolati a vobis ad tempus hor, aspectu, non corde, abundantius festinavimus faciem vestram videre cum multo desiderio : 18 quoniam voluimus venire ad vos, ego quidem Paulus, et semel, et iterum : sed impedivit nos Satanas. 19 Qu est enim nostra spes aut gaudium, aut corona glori ? nonne vos ante Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum estis in adventu ejus ? 20 vos enim estis gloria nostra et gaudium.