1 Thessalonians 2:8

1 Thessalonians 2:8. So, i.e. in like manner as the nursing mother.

Not the gospel of God only, but our own souls also. So genuine and cordial was the love of Paul and his companions for the Thessalonians, that they did not merely deliver their message as officials seeking to discharge a responsibility laid upon them, but they were willing to sacrifice their lives for them, if need were. This willingness manifested itself in the self-denying and excessive toil of which Paul proceeds to speak.