1 Thessalonians 2:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ As you know, we did not come with flattering words or with a scheme to make money. God is our witness! ⁶ We did not seek praise from people—from you or from anyone else— ⁷ even though as apostles of the Messiah^[a] we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle^[b] among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.