| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: | 1You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results. |
| 2But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. | 2We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition. |
| 3For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: | 3For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. |
| 4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. | 4On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. |
| 5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: | 5You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed--God is our witness. |
| 6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. | 6We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. |
| 7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: | 7Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, |
| 8So 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. | 8so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. |
| 9For 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. | 9Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you. |
| 10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: | 10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. |
| 11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, | 11For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, |
| 12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. | 12encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. |
| 13For 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. | 13And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. |
| 14For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: | 14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God's churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews |
| 15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: | 15who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone |
| 16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. | 16in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last. |
| 17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. | 17But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you. |
| 18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. | 18For we wanted to come to you--certainly I, Paul, did, again and again--but Satan blocked our way. |
| 19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? | 19For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? |
| 20For ye are our glory and joy. | 20Indeed, you are our glory and joy. |
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