Agosto 27, 2013, Nagbabasa

Unang Tesalonica 2:1-8

¹ You know yourselves, aking Mga kapatid na lalaki, that our visit to you has not been pointless.

² Although, sa iyong pagkakaalam, we had received rough treatment and insults at Philippi, God gave us the courage to speak his gospel to you fearlessly, in spite of great opposition.

³ Our encouragement to you does not come from any delusion or impure motives or trickery.

⁴ Hindi, God has approved us to be entrusted with the gospel, and this is how we preach, seeking to please not human beings but God who tests our hearts.

⁵ Sa totoo lang, we have never acted with the thought of flattering anyone, sa iyong pagkakaalam, nor as an excuse for greed, God is our witness;

⁶ nor have we ever looked for honour from human beings, either from you or anybody else,

⁷ when we could have imposed ourselves on you with full weight, as apostles of Christ. sa halip, we lived unassumingly among you. Like a mother feeding and looking after her children,

⁸ we felt so devoted to you, that we would have been happy to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, so dear had you become.