The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: souls, because ye were dear unto us.
TH1 2:9 For 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.
TH1 2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and
unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
TH1 2:11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one
of you, as a father doth his children,
TH1 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his
kingdom and glory.
TH1 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because,
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