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but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.

And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received [the] word of [the] report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.

forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always: but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;

But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;

But our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that ye should be written to,

But *ye*, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief:

So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;

but *we* being of [the] day, let us be sober, putting on [the] breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet [the] hope of salvation;

because God has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in [the] Lord, and admonish you,

But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.

See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;