3 For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved ^bby God to be ^centrusted with the gospel, so we speak, ^dnot to please man, but to please God who ^etests our hearts. 5 For we never came with words of flattery,¹ as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—^fGod is witness. 6 Nor did we ^gseek glory from people, whether from you or from others, ^hthough we could have made demands as ⁱapostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle² among you, ^jlike a ^knursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God ^lbut also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.