2:1  nam ipsi scitis fratres introitum       1.  For yourselves, brethren, know our
nostrum ad vos quia non inanis fuit          entrance in unto you, that it was not
                                             in vain:

2:2  sed ante passi et contumeliis           2.  But even after that we had suffered
affecti sicut scitis in Philippis            before, and were shamefully entreated,
fiduciam habuimus in Deo nostro loqui        as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold
ad vos evangelium Dei in multa               in our God to speak unto you the gospel
sollicitudine                                of God with much contention.

2:3  exhortatio enim nostra non de           3.  For our exhortation was not of
errore neque de inmunditia neque in dolo     deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in
                                             guile:

2:4  sed sicut probati sumus a Deo ut        4.  But as we were allowed of God to be
crederetur nobis evangelium ita              put in trust with the gospel, even so
loquimur non quasi hominibus placentes       we speak; not as pleasing men, but God,
sed Deo qui probat corda nostra              which trieth our hearts.

2:5  neque enim aliquando fuimus in          5.  For neither at any time used we
sermone adulationis sicut scitis neque       flattering words, as ye know, nor a
in occasione avaritiae Deus testis est       cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

2:6  nec quaerentes ab hominibus             6.  Nor of men sought we glory, neither
gloriam neque a vobis neque ab aliis         of you, nor yet of others, when we
                                             might have been burdensome, as the
                                             apostles of Christ.

2:7  cum possimus oneri esse ut Christi      7.  But we were gentle among you, even
apostoli sed facti sumus lenes in medio      as a nurse cherisheth her children:
vestrum tamquam si nutrix foveat filios
suos

2:8  ita desiderantes vos cupide             8.  So being affectionately desirous of
volebamus tradere vobis non solum            you, we were willing to have imparted
evangelium Dei sed etiam animas nostras      unto you, not the gospel of God only,
quoniam carissimi nobis facti estis          but also our own souls, because ye were
                                             dear unto us.

2:9  memores enim estis fratres laborem      9.  For ye remember, brethren, our
nostrum et fatigationem nocte et die         labour and travail: for labouring night
operantes ne quem vestrum gravaremus         and day, because we would not be
praedicavimus in vobis evangelium Dei        chargeable unto any of you, we preached
                                             unto you the gospel of God.

2:10  vos testes estis et Deus quam          10.  Ye are witnesses, and God also,
sancte et iuste et sine querella vobis       how holily and justly and unblameably
qui credidistis fuimus                       we behaved ourselves among you that
                                             believe:

2:11  sicut scitis qualiter unumquemque      11.  As ye know how we exhorted and
vestrum tamquam pater filios suos            comforted and charged every one of you,
                                             as a father doth his children,

2:12  deprecantes vos et consolantes         12.  That ye would walk worthy of God,
testificati sumus ut ambularetis digne       who hath called you unto his kingdom
Deo qui vocavit vos in suum regnum et        and glory.
gloriam

2:13  ideo et nos gratias agimus Deo         13.  For this cause also thank we God
sine intermissione quoniam cum               without ceasing, because, when ye
accepissetis a nobis verbum auditus Dei      received the word of God which ye heard
accepistis non ut verbum hominum sed         of us, ye received it not as the word
sicut est vere verbum Dei qui operatur       of men, but as it is in truth, the word
in vobis qui credidistis                     of God, which effectually worketh also
                                             in you that believe.

2:14  vos enim imitatores facti estis        14.  For ye, brethren, became followers
fratres ecclesiarum Dei quae sunt in         of the churches of God which in Judaea
Iudaea in Christo Iesu quia eadem passi      are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have
estis et vos a contribulibus vestris         suffered like things of your own
sicut et ipsi a Iudaeis                      countrymen, even as they have of the
                                             Jews:

2:15  qui et Dominum occiderunt Iesum        15.  Who both killed the Lord Jesus,
et prophetas et nos persecuti sunt et        and their own prophets, and have
Deo non placent et omnibus hominibus         persecuted us; and they please not God,
adversantur                                  and are contrary to all men:

2:16  prohibentes nos gentibus loqui ut      16.  Forbidding us to speak to the
salvae fiant ut impleant peccata sua         Gentiles that they might be saved, to
semper praevenit autem ira Dei super         fill up their sins alway: for the wrath
illos usque in finem                         is come upon them to the uttermost.

2:17  nos autem fratres desolati a           17.  But we, brethren, being taken from
vobis ad tempus horae aspectu non corde      you for a short time in presence, not
abundantius festinavimus faciem vestram      in heart, endeavoured the more
videre cum multo desiderio                   abundantly to see your face with great
                                             desire.

2:18  quoniam voluimus venire ad vos         18.  Wherefore we would have come unto
ego quidem Paulus et semel et iterum et      you, even I Paul, once and again; but
inpedivit nos Satanas                        Satan hindered us.

2:19  quae est enim nostra spes aut          19.  For what is our hope, or joy, or
gaudium aut corona gloriae nonne vos         crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in
ante Dominum nostrum Iesum estis in          the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ
adventu eius                                 at his coming?

2:20  vos enim estis gloria nostra et        20.  For ye are our glory and joy.
gaudium