| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you--it has not proven to be purposeless. | 1For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, |
| 2But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition. | 2but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition. |
| 3For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit, | 3For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or by way of deceit; |
| 4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts. | 4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. |
| 5For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is our witness-- | 5For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed-- God is witness-- |
| 6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others, | 6nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we might have asserted our authority. |
| 7although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children, | 7But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. |
| 8with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us. | 8Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us. |
| 9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. | 9For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. |
| 10You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe. | 10You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers; |
| 11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children, | 11just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children, |
| 12exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory. | 12so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. |
| 13And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe. | 13For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe. |
| 14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God's churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews, | 14For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews, |
| 15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, | 15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men, |
| 16because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely. | 16hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost. |
| 17But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time (in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person. | 17But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while-- in person, not in spirit-- were all the more eager with great desire to see your face. |
| 18For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us. | 18For we wanted to come to you-- I, Paul, more than once-- and yet Satan hindered us. |
| 19For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you? | 19For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? |
| 20For you are our glory and joy! | 20For you are our glory and joy. |
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