(I) LETTER TO KEHILLAH IN THESSALONIKA 2

11 For you know how we treated you, as an abba treats his own yeladim, 12 Exhorting you with divrei chizzuk and comforting you, addressing you with solemn edut (testimony) that you let your derech (way of life), your hitnahagut (conduct), be to fier zich (comport oneself) in a manner worthy of Hashem, who summons you to His own Malchut and Kavod.