1 For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which {we had} to you, that it has not been in vain;

2 but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the glad tidings of God with much earnest striving.

3 For our exhortation {was} not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;

4 but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

5 For we have not at any time been {among you} with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God {is} witness;

6 nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;

7 but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

8 Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.

9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.

10 *Ye* {are} witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:

11 as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,

12 that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

13 And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received {the} word of {the} report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.

14 For *ye*, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for *ye* also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also *they* of the Jews,

15 who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and {are} against all men,

16 forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always: but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

17 But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;

18 wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.

19 For what {is} our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? {are} not *ye* also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

20 for ye are our glory and joy.

1 弟兄们， 你们都知道， 我们进到你们那里， 并不是白费工夫的。

2 我们从前在腓立比虽然受了苦， 又被凌辱， 可是靠着我们的 神， 在强烈的反对之下， 仍然放胆向你们述说 神的福音， 这是你们知道的。

3 我们的呼吁， 不是错谬的， 不是污秽的， 也没有诡诈。

4 相反地， 神既然考验过我们， 把福音委托给我们， 我们就传讲， 不像是讨人欢心的， 而是讨那察验我们心思的 神的喜悦。

5 我们从来不说奉承的话， 这是你们知道的， 神可以作证， 我们并没有借故起贪心，

6 也没有向你们或别人求取人的荣誉。

7 我们身为基督使徒的， 虽然有权利受人尊敬， 但我们在你们中间却是谦和的， 就像母亲乳养自己的孩子。

8 我们这样疼爱你们， 不但乐意把 神的福音传给你们， 连自己的性命也乐意给你们， 因为你们是我们所爱的。

9 弟兄们， 你们应该记得我们的辛苦和劳碌； 我们把 神的福音传给你们的时候， 怎样昼夜作工， 免得你们有人受累。

10 我们对你们信的人是多么圣洁、公义、无可指摘， 这是你们和 神都可以作证的。

11 正如你们知道的， 我们是怎样好像父亲对待儿女一样对待你们各人：

12 劝勉你们， 鼓励你们， 叮嘱你们， 要你们行事为人， 配得上那召你们进入他的国和荣耀的 神。

13 我们也为这缘故不住感谢 神， 因为你们接受了我们所传的 神的道， 不认为这是人的道， 而认为这确实是 神的道。这道也运行在你们信的人里面。

14 弟兄们， 你们好像犹太地在基督耶稣里 神的众教会一样， 他们怎样遭受犹太人的迫害， 你们也照样遭受同族人的迫害。

15 这些犹太人杀了主耶稣和众先知， 又把我们赶出来。他们得不到 神的喜悦， 并且和所有的人作对，

16 阻挠我们向外族人传道， 不让他们得救， 以致恶贯满盈。 神的忿怒终必临到他们身上。

17 弟兄们， 我们被迫暂时离开你们， 不过是身体离开， 心却没有离开。我们非常渴望再见到你们。

18 因此， 我们很想到你们那里去， 我保罗也一再想去， 只是撒但阻挡了我们。

19 我们主耶稣再来的时候， 我们在他面前的盼望、喜乐或所夸耀的冠冕是什么呢？不就是你们吗？

20 是的， 你们就是我们的荣耀， 我们的喜乐。