August 28, 2013, Reading

First Thessalonians 2:9-13

⁹ You remember, brothers, with what unsparing energy we used to work, slaving night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of you while we were proclaiming the gospel of Godto you.

¹⁰ You are witnesses, and so is God, that our treatment of you, since you believed, has been impeccably fair and upright.

¹¹ As you know, we treated every one of you as a father treats his children,

¹² urging you, encouraging you and appealing to you to live a life worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and his glory.

¹³ Another reason why we continually thank God for you is that as soon as you heard the word that we brought you as God’s message, you welcomed it for what it really is, not the word of any human being, but God’s word, a power that is working among you believers.