NET
8 with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
Darby
8 Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.
KJV
8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.