1 Thessalonians 2:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ For neither have we used, at any time, the speech of flattery, as you know; nor taken an occasion of covetousness, God is witness:

⁶ Nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others.

⁷ Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children: