4. but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.
5. For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –
6. nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,
7. although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,