9. For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
10. You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.
11. As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
12. exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.