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1 Thessalonians 2:7

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7But we were xgentle among you, even yas a nurse cherisheth her children:

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Footnotes

  1. yComp. ver. 11. Isai. 49:23. Gal. 4:19.

Cross references

  1. x2 Tim. 2:24.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Instead, we were like young children among you.

Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nurse nurtures her own children.

NLTNew Living Translation

As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Although we could have insisted on our own importance as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.