1 Thessalonians 2:11
“As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,”
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.
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Cross-References
“I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.”
“Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.”
“But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:”
“And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.”
“I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.”