1Th. 2:6 οὔτε ζητοῦντες ἐξ ἀνθρώπων δόξαν οὔτε ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν οὔτε ἀπ᾿ ἄλλων,
1Th. 2:7 δυνάμενοι ἐν βάρει εἶναι ὡς Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολοι. ἀλλ᾿ ἐγενήθημεν νήπιοι ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα,
1Th. 2:8 οὕτως ὁμειρόμενοι ὑμῶν εὐδοκοῦμεν μεταδοῦναι ὑμῖν οὐ μόνον τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχάς, διότι ἀγαπητοὶ ἡμῖν ἐγενήθητε.
1Th. 2:9 Μνημονεύετε γάρ, ἀδελφοί, τὸν κόπον ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν μόχθον· νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ἐργαζόμενοι πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐπιβαρῆσαί τινα ὑμῶν ἐκηρύξαμεν εἰς ὑμᾶς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ.
1Th. 2:10 ὑμεῖς μάρτυρες καὶ ὁ θεός, ὡς ὁσίως καὶ δικαίως καὶ ἀμέμπτως ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐγενήθημεν,
1Th. 2:11 καθάπερ οἴδατε, ὡς ἕνα ἕκαστον ὑμῶν ὡς πατὴρ τέκνα ἑαυτοῦ
1Th. 2:12 παρακαλοῦντες ὑμᾶς καὶ παραμυθούμενοι καὶ μαρτυρόμενοι εἰς τὸ περιπατεῖν ὑμᾶς ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ καλοῦντος ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ βασιλείαν καὶ δόξαν.
2:6 "We sought esteem from no one, not from you or anyone else,
2:7 even though we have the same amount of authority as the apostles of Christ*. But we became __[purposefully ignoring]__ while we were with you and we cared for your every need like a nursing mother doting over her own children.
2:8 While we were longing for you in this way, we were happy to entrust you with the gospel of God
and our very lives, because you became so precious to us.
2:9 For you all remember that we preached the gospel of God to you while we labored and slaved away all day and all night so that we wouldn't be a burden to any of you.
2:10 Both you and God can testify to this: we were holy, just, and beyond reproach to all of you who believed the gospel.
2:11 Also, you know that we treated each one of you as a father treats his children
2:12 encouraging, imploring, and insisting that you live your lives in a manner worthy of the God who called you to his kingdom and glory."
I believe this conveys my understanding of the text as accurately as possible at the sentence level with a great degree of freedom. I believe the issues that go beyond the surface level are the things that I am struggling with most. 1) Why is the concept of weight/burden mentioned two different places (v. 7 and 9)? Is it referring to two distinct things, the same thing, or is it purposefully ambiguous? 2) Is the phrase concerning the nursing mother meant to contrast with v. 6 or the early part of v. 7? There are more things I could write, but I will stop here

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*[Forgive the theological concerns and implications of this addendum, please. I am not asking anyone to interact with these items. I am offering them as an attempt to clarify what I am thinking--and anyone can see that I am struggling to express myself: 1) Does this usage of the word "apostles" refer to an office? 2) Does Paul consider himself to be an apostle at this point? 3) Is it significant that Paul does not directly name himself as an apostle in this letter? 4) Is this omission an indication that this is the earliest of Paul's letters?]