Paul asks the Thessalonians to recall “how we lived among you for your sake” (hoioi egenēthēmen en humin di’ humas, more literally, “what sort of persons we became among you for your sake”). Let them recall not only the distinctive message preached to them but also the missionaries’ conduct and character while among them. When the missionaries first arrived at Thessalonica there was nothing strikingly different about them to distinguish them from other peripatetic teachers of the day. But their stay