8. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
9. For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
10. You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
11. For you know how, like a father with his children,