1 Thessalonians 2:9 KJV
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
1 Thessalonians 2:7–11 KJV Chapter Context
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But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
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For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
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Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
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As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,