⁶ nor did we ^(A)seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though ^[a]we could have ^[b]asserted our authority as ^(B)apostles of Christ. ⁷ But we ^[c]proved to be ^[d](C)gentle ^[e]among you. ^(D)As a nursing mother ^[f]tenderly cares for her own children, ⁸ in the same way we had a fond affection for you and were delighted to ^(E)share with you not only the ^(F)gospel of God, but also our own ^[g]lives, because you had become ^[h]very dear to us.

⁹ For you recall, brothers and sisters, our ^(G)labor and hardship: it was by ^(H)working night and day so as not to be a ^(I)burden to any of you, that we proclaimed to you the ^(J)gospel of God. ¹⁰ You are witnesses, and so is ^(K)God, of ^(L)how devoutly and rightly and blamelessly we ^[i]behaved toward you ^[j]believers; ¹¹ just as you know how we were ^(M)exhorting and encouraging and ^(N)imploring each one of you as ^(O)a father would his own children, ¹² so that you would ^(P)walk in a manner worthy of the God who ^(Q)calls you into His own kingdom and ^(R)glory.