1 ¶ For you yourselves, brethren, know that our entrance unto you was not vain,

For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,

2 b ut having suffered before and having been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to announce unto you the gospel of God with much diligence.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

3 F or our exhortation was not of error nor of uncleanness nor in guile,

For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.

4 b ut because we have been approved of God that he might entrust us with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who tries our hearts.

But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

5 F or we were never flatterers in the word, as ye know, nor tainted with covetousness, God is witness,

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

6 n or did we seek glory of men neither of you nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome unto you as the apostles of Christ.

nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

7 ¶ But we were gentle among you, as a mother feeding and caring for her children,

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

8 l oving you so much, that we were willing to give unto you, not only the gospel of God, but even our own souls, because ye are dear unto us.

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

9 F or ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for labouring night and day, not to be a burden unto any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

10 Y e are witnesses, and God also, of how holy and just and irreprehensible our behaviour was among you that believe,

You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.

11 a s ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father with his children,

As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

12 t hat ye would walk worthy of God, who has called you unto his kingdom and glory.

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

13 ¶ For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, that having received from us the word to hear from God, ye received it not as the word of men, (but as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

14 F or ye, brethren, have been imitators in Christ Jesus of the congregations of God which are in Judaea, for ye also have suffered like things of your own nation, even as they have of the Jews,

For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;

15 w ho killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and have persecuted us, and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn’t please God, and are contrary to all men;

16 f orbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up the measure of their sins always, for the wrath of God has come upon them to the uttermost.

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

17 ¶ But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly with great desire to see your face.

But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

18 T herefore we would have come unto you, even I, Paul, once and again, but Satan hindered us.

because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.

19 F or what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing? Is it not you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

20 F or ye are our glory and joy.

For you are our glory and our joy.