For even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me help for my needs more than once.
After Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, wanted to again and again—but Satan blocked our way.
You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
And let people learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.