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 # In this way we had affection for you
 
-"This is how we demonstrated our affection for you"
-
-# we had affection for you
-
-"we loved you"
+"This is how we demonstrated our love for you"
 
 # We were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives
 
-Paul speaks of the gospel message and his life and the lives of those with him as if they were a physical object that one could share with others. Alternate translation: "We were pleased not only to tell you the gospel of God but also to spend time with you and to help you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"We were pleased not only to tell you the gospel of God but also to spend time with you and to help you" 
 
 # you had become very dear to us