for even in Thessalonica you sent me help once and again.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us.
For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.
And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.