For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my necessity.
And traveling through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Therefore we desired to come to you, truly I, Paul, both once and twice; but Satan hindered us.
For, brothers, you remember our labor and toil. For laboring night and day in order not to put a burden on any one of you, we preached the gospel of God to you.
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, so that they may not be unfruitful.